[JoeFromCA]

I was in Bolzano (Bozen to the Austrians) in July and saw the iceman exhibit. Very impressive. His clothes and implements, especially the copper axe, are fascinating. I agree that it would be better if his corpse were not on display; he deserves to rest in peace (it doesn't really look like a mummy, it looks like a partially decomposed corpse, which it is).

That said, the find and its study are fascinating. Anyone interested in details go to www.iceman.it. After selecting English scroll to the right for pictures and descriptions of all the clothes and equipment.

[facedown]

Great link. Thanks.

South Tyrol Museum

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

I was in Bolzano (Bozen to the Austrians)

I saw the exhibit in April just a few weeks after the war on Iraq began. One has to wear headphones for English narrations of the displays.

I never understood why my Italian friends always said that many northern Italians were blond and blue-eyed and much different than the southern Italians from which much Italian American stock is derived. It turns out that the Austrian Empire once extended down into northern Italy leaving a strong Germanic imprint on the culture there. If you think bilingualism is an American-Spanish problem, go to a northern Italian city or town. Official business has to be said once in Italian and then again in Italian. Each city has two names, Italian and German versions. They do have the world’s best tomatoes.