1991: Ötzi, el hombre del hielo, es descubierto en los Alpes en la frontera entre Italia y Austria

Ötzi the Iceman is discovered in the Alps on the border between Italy and Austria.

Ötzi, also called The Iceman, Similaun man, or Tyrolean Iceman, is the natural mummy of a man who lived between 3350 and 3105 BC. Ötzi's remains were discovered on 19 September 1991, in the Ötztal Alps at the Austria–Italy border. He is Europe's oldest known natural human mummy, offering an unprecedented view of Chalcolithic Europeans.