Analysis Of Oetzi The Iceman

There are, and always have been many theories on how and why Oetzi the Iceman was killed. Many theories say he was murdered by an enemy, tracked down and hunted after surviving a battle with an enemy clan, or even that he was sacrificed to the god of the mountains. There is no way to surely determine how he died to a tee, and ever since the Iceman’s discovery, new evidence has been consistently presenting itself, suggesting new and improved theories, while also dismissing the old. After extensive research in and out of class, it has been concluded that Oetzi the Iceman was indeed murdered, and by someone he knew.
When Oetzi was first found, he was just thought to be another hiker who had died from extreme temperature and fatigue in the mountains. At first, his body was treated with no
(Testimony From the Iceman, p.1) What the rescue team did not know at the time, however, was how old this mummy was, and the story that lying behind his death. Although luckily, years later, many wounds were discovered that led archeologists to come to the conclusion that Oezti the Iceman was indeed murdered, contrary to what had been previously thought. The of newly discovered wounds was an arrowhead lodged into Oetzi’s back just under his left shoulder blade, which fatally severed arteries.(Testimony From the Iceman, p.3) The attacker had also retrieved the arrow shaft, leaving no mark of a specific killer. This was no accident either, after a CAT scan and a 3-D computer model, it was revealed that the arrowhead, a very specific triangular