Husband and wife self-portrait with Ötzi.

Although some believe Ötzi’s wife took the picture and this was 1 of 20 takes.

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September 30th 2007
Ötzi is the 4,000 year-old ice man discovered in the Dolomites by a husband and wife hiking in 2001. Since there are often hikers who disappear and are discovered in the spring, they weren’t aware of the significance of their discovery until much later. Apparently, there was much fighting over the find between Austrian and Italian authorities, until it was proven that Ötzi was found 30 meter ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more

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