Nadene Goldfoot
Otzi, the Ice Man of 5.000 years ago5,781 years ago our history started its story with an awesome detailed accounting of it by Moses who wrote it all down after that from 1,311 to 1,271 BCE. He was like a radio receiver, taking in what G-d told him and he wrote it all down. People of today in the area of writing and creativity seem to go through something similar with thoughts entering their heads. They even wonder how they ever got those ideas and are pretty awed about it themselves. They feel they are "in the zone." At any rate, we have a detailed accounting of the beginning of man as Adam and Eve, the creation of the world, and the beginning of society and how it was all handled by many groups of people like Abraham, father of the Jews and the Arabs before they became Muslims.
Since Moses was born in 1391 BCE, which was about 3,412 years ago, that in itself is pretty awesome to put together such writings such as the Torah, made up of the scrolls of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy in a period of 40 years.
For us Jews, our Biblical history tells us that the world was created 5,781 years ago, and goes on to tell us about Adam, who lived for 930 years and Eve, Cain and Abel and their problems. Shortly after that, we meet up with Noah, who lived for 950 years and the Ark. It was from Noah that 70 people came from whom humanity was derived, so Otzi would fit right in. I figure that Noah or one of his sons should be about the same age as a man I'll introduce you to below; Otzi, the Ice man.
Otzi, the Ice Man of 5.000 years ago, was naturally freeze dried. His mitochondrial DNA was K.Over 5,300 years ago, Ötzi was crossing Tisenjoch/Giogo di Tisa in the Schnalstal/Val Senales Valley, South Tyrol, where he was murdered and preserved naturally in the ice. This was in mountains in Italy.
Amazingly, his mummy was discovered in the mountains between Italy all preserved, named THE ICE MAN. He was given the name of Otzi because he was found in the Otzi mountain range. Scientists figure he was from the era of more than 5,000 years ago which would be around 3,000 BCE and was about 49 years old when he died. His clothes were still on him, and things he carried were buried in the ice. At this age, possibly affected by Lyme Disease and other ailments that they discovered, he was carrying 60 lbs of his possessions. To think, here he was in Europe at a period way before Abraham, who was born in about 1948 BCE, 3,969 years ago-possibly 4,000 years ago in Mesopotamia.
Notice that Israel is in the area of Copper: The Bible does mention copper mining. Israel is described as a “land whose stones are iron and out of whose hills you can mine copper” (Deuteronomy 8:9), and the Book of Job gives an extraordinary description of ancient mining operations (Job 28:1-11). Copper is seen as one of the mainstays of Solomon's wealth. The copper from Solomon's mines is also seen as providing the metal used in the building of the temple, as well as for all the utensils used in the temple services. The Bible does mention copper mining.Ötzi is a glacier mummy from the Copper Age, who, thanks to extraordinary circumstances, has been preserved down to the present day. Little by little, he has imparted genuine stores of knowledge. He was discovered accidentally by hikers in 1991, together with his clothing and equipment, on the Schnalstal/Val Senales Valley glacier and has been the subject of intensive research ever since. Scientists found arsenic in his body. He was found intact, including his skin and on that they found tattoos of lines.
He is therefore older than the Egyptian pyramids and Stonehenge and the result of a series of highly improbable coincidences. Ötzi lived during the Copper Age, a period of the late Neolithic. He was still using stone tools but owned an innovative and very valuable copper axe. The skill of extracting and processing metal had recently arrived in Europe from Asia Minor. The advent of copper marked the beginning of the Bronze Age.
Ötzi and his artefacts have been exhibited at the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano, Italy since 1998.
The mummy is stored in a specially devised cold cell and can be viewed through a small window. Ötzi’s numerous pieces of equipment and clothing have been painstakingly restored. Visitors have been amazed by the skills of Stone Age people. The mummy was dubbed Ötzi by the Austrian journalist Karl Wendl, who was looking for a catchy name. The name refers to the discovery site in the Ötztal Valley Alps. The South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology belongs to the autonomous province of Bolzano and is associated with the South Tyrol Regional Museums.
Tanakh, Stone Edition
The New Standard Jewish Encyclopedia
Otzi, the Iceman, the Full Facts At a Glance , paperback book
https://www.iceman.it/en/the-iceman/
https://copperalliance.org.uk/about-copper/copper-history/copper-through-the-ages/
https://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/solomon-the-copper-king/
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/86519/13-mummified-facts-about-otzi-iceman
The Seven Daughters of Eve by Bryan Sykes
Jewish Calendar, year 5781-5782-this year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10,000_BC_(film)
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