Trentino-Alto Adige

Disaster over the Alps: The Austro-Hungarian army on the Italian Front, 1915-1918

In the second part of our special, Graham Goodlad assesses Austria-Hungary’s failure to achieve victory against Italy.

Current World Archaeology 116

• Ötzi: life and death of the iceman
• Gifts for the gods: fascinating finds from an ancient sanctuary in Italy
• The ‘Qurna Queen’: Nubia’s influence on Egypt
• Hieroglyphs: unlocking a lost world
• United Arab Emirates: rock art and a hidden landscape
• Thailand: inside prehistoric houses

Opposite page A striking reconstruction of Ötzi in the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology. He is shown with replicas of some of the kit and clothing found with him, including an unfinished bow. left The South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano. below This digital table allows visitors to

Ötzi’s one-man show

On 19 September 1991, two hikers made an alarming discovery high in the Alps. Travelling off the beaten track, they saw a human corpse in a gulley, and imagined they had stumbled across an ill-fated mountaineer. Instead, this was just the latest twist in an extraordinary murder mystery. Investigators soon realised that the victim had met his fate in prehistory. Now, over three decades on, the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology is showcasing the vivid light shed on Copper Age life thanks to the study of this man and his possessions. Richard Hodges reports.

Sexten, Italy: meditations on a moment of madness

Richard Hodges has been visiting Sexten, where the alpine scenery still bears the traces of fighting in the First World War.