A hiker discovered a wealthy traveler's remains on a skiing glacier in Switzerland. They turned out to be 400 years old.

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A hiker discovered a wealthy traveler's remains on a skiing glacier in Switzerland. They turned out to be 400 years old.

Pierre-Yves Nicod holds the mystery traveler's 400-year-old shoe.Morgan McFall-JohnsenA hiker discovered the 400-year-old remains of a wealthy man on a glacier in the Swiss Alps.Melting ice revealed the mysterious man had traveled with many coins, weapons, and possibly mules.The discovery points to an ancient economy supported by dangerous routes through high mountain passes.The Theodul Glacier was expanding when a mysterious man in thin leather…