The 5,300-Year-Old Man Found Frozen In The Alps — And The DNA Test That Revealed His Hidden Origins
He had eaten well, recently, in a manner consistent with someone settling in for a rest after a meal rather than someone on urgent flight.
This detail would become significant in the investigation of how he died.
How Ötzi Died: A Murder Investigation Across Millennia
For the first decade or more after Ötzi’s discovery, the cause of his death was debated.
Various scenarios were proposed: he had been caught in a sudden storm and died of exposure.
He had fallen and been injured.
He had died from exhaustion.
The definitive answer came in 2001, when X-ray examination of his left shoulder revealed something that had been missed in earlier analysis: the flint tip of an arrow, lodged in his left shoulder.
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