Otzi The Iceman Research Paper

Buried in the cold, hard ice, Otzi the iceman and his death would soon be one of the most significant mysteries in history. Many scientists have many different theories about how Otzi the iceman died; human sacrifice; battle and head trauma, but what really happened was Otzi died of hand to hand combat from someone he knew. Anyone that did not know Otzi was a character of importance would have seen and taken the rare ax that was in Otzi’s possession, which points to the first piece of evidence: the copper ax. 5000 years ago, many people were identified by the possessions they had, and in this case, Otzi was identified by his copper ax. This proves that he was killed by someone he knew because anyone else would have taken it not knowing who