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11-22-2009, 11:19 AM
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Re: Ötzi the Iceman
Ötzi had been lying in a glacier in the Alps for 53 centuries before he was discovered in 1991. His corpse was damaged and vandalized before his age was determined. Since then, he has been studied extensively, from x-rays to DNA analysis to microscopic identification of his stomach contents. Scientists believe Ötzi was murdered, by an arrow or a blow to the head. He and his belongings have been on display at the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano, Italy since 1998.  · |
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11-22-2009, 11:24 AM
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Re: Ötzi the Iceman
As far as I remember the press accounts of then they found an arrow near one of his bladebones.
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11-22-2009, 11:33 AM
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Re: Ötzi the Iceman
Of course only the arrowhead. Scientists assume that he was either chased and wounded by someone, who was keen on his weapons - in his days a real value - or he was a refugee who fled from his tribe - by whatever reason, and froze to death in a kind of protective rock-shelter while a snowstorm or a snowslide buried his body. |
