Mummified remains of a woman and a man who lived in the Rhone Valley between 1640 and 1800 have been found on the Saleina Glacier, southeast of Orsières, on the northeastern slope of the Mont Blanc massif, in the Swiss canton of Valais. The finds now need to be dated even more accurately to find out what really belong to the two people and reveal some of their histories.
Romain Andenmatten of the cantonal archeology office in Valais confirmed a corresponding report of the program “Mise au Point”, which was broadcast on Sunday evening on the French-language Swiss television channel RTS. It was a “very interesting case,” he said Monday when asked by the Keystone-SDA news agency.
Lived in the Rhone Valley between 1640 and 1800
Analyzes have shown that the bones, mummified remains and clothing found over the past 15 years on the Saleina Glacier 800 meters in length came from two people, a man and a woman, “without being able to say whether they were together.” were traveling at the time of their death or whether they were separate events,” said the archaeologist. The only thing that is certain is that both lived in the Rhone Valley between 1640 and 1800.
The find is reminiscent of the find of the “mercenary”, who died about 1600 and was found in 1984 on the Theodul Pass in the Zermatt region with clothes, shoehorn, shoes, razor, coins, dagger, sword and pistol. Examination of these remains eventually led to the assessment that the mercenary was more likely a merchant.
Source: Krone
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