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"Otzi' bled to death

Archaeologists think they have solved the lmystery of how Otzi, the world's most famous iceman, met his end: an arrow wound in his shoulder caused him to bleed to death. Otzi, a 5,000-year-old mummy, was found on a glacier in the Italian alps close to the border with Austria in 1991. The body, preserved by ice, was carrying a bow, a quiver of arrows and a copper axe. Despite several scientific tests since he was found, archaeologists have been unable to agree whether he died from an arrow wound, a sudden fall or freezing while climbing the high mountains. Frank Ruehli, of the University of Zurich, worked with scientists from Bolzano, Italy, where the iceman's body is preserved, to construct a three-dimensional image of Otzi using high-resolution computer tomography — a diagnostic technique normally used in hospitals to avoid potentially damaging invasive procedures. —

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