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Now, his clothes are revealing what was trendy at the time: bear fur for hats, goat and sheep for coats, and cattle leather for shoelaces. In fact, the clothes come from at least five different ...
With goat-leather leggings and a brown bear fur hat, the 5,300-year-old mummy must have strutted the Alps with an eclectic style. Otzi the Iceman left behind his leather-heavy wardrobe and a slew ...
Bear-leather shoes and Roman 'good-luck' coins: The lost worlds emerging from glaciers. 3 December 2024. ... His bear-fur hat, clothes and array of tools were expertly crafted. ...
The surprise came when DNA sequencing showed that his hat was made from brown bear hide, and his quiver from a wild roe deer. Previously, scientists believed Ötzi lived a mostly agrarian ...
A 5,300-year-old hunter nick-named Otzi the Iceman whose mummified body was found in the Tyrolean Alps wore a fur hat made from brown bear pelt and an arrow quiver fashioned from roe deer leather ...
Standing in front of a display case with Ötzi's bear-fur hat, Evelyn Egger, an archaeologist at the museum, explains that the institution has expanded its space to accommodate new discoveries.