The iceman cometh /
In 1991, a pair of vacationing German hikers stumbled onto one of the most remarkable finds in the history of archaeology: the perfectly preserved body of a 5,000-year old man. What made the discovery so important was more than just his state of physical preservation, but also the period of time fro...
| Other Authors: | , , |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | This edition in English. |
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New York :
A & E Television Networks,
2006.
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| Series: | Digging for the truth
VAST: Academic Video Online |
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | In 1991, a pair of vacationing German hikers stumbled onto one of the most remarkable finds in the history of archaeology: the perfectly preserved body of a 5,000-year old man. What made the discovery so important was more than just his state of physical preservation, but also the period of time from which he came--the very cusp of the age between stone and steel. Host and adventurer Josh Bernstein heads for the high Alps on the Austrian-Italian border to discover the latest secrets revealed by the clothes, weaponry, and body of Ötzi the Iceman. Josh faces down a deadly blizzard, helicopters out of near disaster, and comes face-to-face with a stone-cold, stone-age killer. Along the way, he discovers that the Iceman is rewriting our ideas about the life of our ancestors at the dawn of civilization--and he learns much about the character of Ötzi! |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed Dec. 9, 2013). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (46 min.). |
| Playing Time: | 00:46:21 |