One day long ago a man‟s village sa

One day long ago a man‟s village said good-bye and watched him walk off toward the
mountains. They had little reason to fear for his safety: the man was well-dressed in insulated clothing
and equipped with tools needed to survive the Alpine climate. However, as weeks passed without his
return, they must have grown worried, then anxious, and finally resigned. After many years, everyone
who knew him had died, and not even a memory of the man remained. Then, on an improbably distant
day, he came down from the mountain. Things had changed a bit: it wasn‟t the Bronze Age anymore,
and he was a celebrity.
When a melting glacier released its hold on a 4,000-year-old corpse in September, 2009, it was
quite rightly called one of the most important archaeological finds of the century. Discovered by a
German couple hiking at 10,500 feet in the Italian Tyrol near the Austrian border, the partially freezedried
body still wore remnants of leather garments and boots that had been stuffed with straw for
insulation. The hikers alerted scientists from the University of Innsbruck in Austria, whose more
complete examination revealed that the man was tattooed on his back and behind his knee. At his side
was a type of bronze ax typical for southern central Europe around 2000 B.C. On his expedition –
perhaps to hunt or to search for metal ore – he had also carried an all-purpose stone knife, a wooden
backpack, a bow and a quiver, a small bag containing a flint lighter and kindling, and an arrow repair kit.
Such everyday gear gives an unprecedented perspective on life in early Bronze Age Europe.
“The most exciting thing is that we genuinely appear to be looking at a man who had some kind of
accident in the course of a perfectly ordinary trip,” says archeologist Ian Kinnes of the British Museum.
“These are not artifacts placed in a grave, but the fellow‟s own possessions.”
Unlike the Egyptians and the Mesopotamians of the time, who had more advanced civilizations
with cities and central authority, the Ice Man and his countrymen lived in a society built around small,
stable villages. He probably spoke in a tongue ancestral to current European languages. Furthermore,
though he was a member of a farming culture, he may well have been hunting when he died, to add meat
to his family‟s diet. X-rays of the quiver showed that it contained 14 arrows. His backpack was empty,
but careful exploration of the trench where he died revealed remnants of animal skin and bones at the
same spot where the pack lay. There was also the remainder of a pile of berries. Clearly the man didn‟t
starve to death.
So why did the Ice Man die? The trench provided him with shelter from the elements, and he
also had a braided mat of grass to keep him warm. If injury or illness caused the Ice Man‟s death, an
autopsy on the 4,000-year-old victim could turn up some clues. The circumstances of his death may have
preserved such evidence, as well as other details of his life. Freeze-dried by the frigid climate, his inner
organs and other soft issues are much better preserved than those of dried-up Egyptian mummies or the
waterlogged Scandinavian “Bog Men” found in recent years.
The wish for more messengers from the past may yet come true. Five more bodies of mountain
climbers, all of whom died within the past 50 years, have recently emerged from melting Austrian
mountain ice. The Ice Man‟s return from the Tyrol has demonstrated that the local climate is warmer
now than it has been for 4,000 years. People are beginning to wonder -- and plan for -- what the melting
ice may reveal next.
“No one ever thought this could happen,” says Christopher Stringer, an anthropologist at the
Natural History Museum in London. “The fact that it has occurred once means that people will now be
looking for it again.”

Kết quả (Việt) 1:

Một ngày dài trước đây một ngôi làng man‟s nói tạm biệt và theo dõi anh ta đi bộ ra đối với cácdãy núi. Họ có rất ít lý do để lo sợ cho sự an toàn của mình: người đàn ông đã được mặc quần áo trong quần áo cách nhiệtvà được trang bị với các công cụ cần thiết để tồn tại trong khí hậu núi cao. Tuy nhiên, như tuần trôi qua mà không có mìnhtrở lại, họ phải có tăng lo lắng, sau đó lo lắng, và cuối cùng từ chức. Sau nhiều năm, tất cả mọi ngườiAi biết anh ta đã chết, và thậm chí không có một bộ nhớ của những người đàn ông ở lại. Sau đó, trên một xa xôi improbablyngày, ông đi xuống từ núi. Mọi thứ đã thay đổi một chút: nó wasn‟t thời đại đồ đồng nữa,và ông là một người nổi tiếng.Khi phát hành một sông băng tan chảy của nó giữ trên một xác chết 4.000 năm tuổi trong tháng 9, năm 2009, nó đãkhá đúng được gọi là một trong những quan trọng nhất khảo cổ tìm thấy vào thế kỷ. Phát hiện bởi mộtCặp vợ chồng Đức, đi bộ đường dài tại 10.500 feet Tyrol ý gần biên giới với áo, một phần freezedriedcơ thể vẫn còn mặc tàn dư của sản phẩm may mặc bằng da và khởi động đã được nhồi với rơm chovật liệu cách nhiệt. Các hikers cảnh báo các nhà khoa học từ Đại học Innsbruck, Áo, hơn nữa màhoàn thành kiểm tra tiết lộ rằng người đàn ông được xăm trên lưng và đằng sau đầu gối của mình. Ở bên mìnhlà một loại đồng ax điển hình cho nam Trung Âu khoảng 2000 TCN Trên chuyến thám hiểm-có lẽ để săn hoặc để tìm kiếm các quặng kim loại-ông đã có cũng mang một con dao bằng đá all-purpose, một bằng gỗba lô, một cánh cung và một Run, một túi nhỏ chứa một flint nhẹ và gây mối thù và một mũi tên bộ sửa chữa.Such everyday gear gives an unprecedented perspective on life in early Bronze Age Europe.“The most exciting thing is that we genuinely appear to be looking at a man who had some kind ofaccident in the course of a perfectly ordinary trip,” says archeologist Ian Kinnes of the British Museum.“These are not artifacts placed in a grave, but the fellow‟s own possessions.”Unlike the Egyptians and the Mesopotamians of the time, who had more advanced civilizationswith cities and central authority, the Ice Man and his countrymen lived in a society built around small,stable villages. He probably spoke in a tongue ancestral to current European languages. Furthermore,though he was a member of a farming culture, he may well have been hunting when he died, to add meatto his family‟s diet. X-rays of the quiver showed that it contained 14 arrows. His backpack was empty,but careful exploration of the trench where he died revealed remnants of animal skin and bones at thesame spot where the pack lay. There was also the remainder of a pile of berries. Clearly the man didn‟tstarve to death.So why did the Ice Man die? The trench provided him with shelter from the elements, and healso had a braided mat of grass to keep him warm. If injury or illness caused the Ice Man‟s death, anautopsy on the 4,000-year-old victim could turn up some clues. The circumstances of his death may havepreserved such evidence, as well as other details of his life. Freeze-dried by the frigid climate, his innerorgans and other soft issues are much better preserved than those of dried-up Egyptian mummies or thewaterlogged Scandinavian “Bog Men” found in recent years.The wish for more messengers from the past may yet come true. Five more bodies of mountainclimbers, all of whom died within the past 50 years, have recently emerged from melting Austrianmountain ice. The Ice Man‟s return from the Tyrol has demonstrated that the local climate is warmernow than it has been for 4,000 years. People are beginning to wonder -- and plan for -- what the meltingice may reveal next.“No one ever thought this could happen,” says Christopher Stringer, an anthropologist at theNatural History Museum in London. “The fact that it has occurred once means that people will now belooking for it again.”