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Most anthropologists believe that Ötzi fled up the mountain and was shot with an arrow from 30m (100 ft). So whoever killed him did so from a distance. The arrow that hit his left shoulder would have severed his subclavian artery and caused him to bleed to death in minutes.

In 1991, a hiker discovered the mummified, 5,300-year-old body of a man who had died in the Ötzal Alps along the border of Austria and Italy. Nicknamed Ötzi, the frozen corpse was so well-preserved that its injuries and stomach contents have helped researchers reconstruct the story of his last days in the mountains.

His nickname, Ötzi, stems from the Ötztal Alps, where he was found. It was at first believed that the Iceman was free of diseases, but in 2007 researchers discovered that his body had been infested with whipworm and that he had suffered from arthritis; neither of these conditions contributed to his death.

The mummy was dubbed Ötzi by the Austrian journalist Karl Wendl, who was looking for a catchy name. The name refers to the discovery site in the Ötztal Valley Alps. The South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology belongs to the autonomous province of Bolzano and is associated with the South Tyrol Regional Museums.

A reconstruction of Ötzi the Iceman, who lived and died in the European Alps some 5,200 years ago. His naturally mummified remains were discovered by German hikers on September 19, 1991.

Finding Ötzi the Iceman Because his body was found on the east ridge of the Fineilspitze in the Ötzal Alps at an elevation of 10,530 feet, this Copper Age Homo tyrolensis is commonly known as Ötzi, or Ötzi the Iceman. Ötzi is the oldest man ever found intact.

Ötzi is the world's oldest wet mummy, and the clothes he wore and equipment he carried are unique. The mummy is invaluable for archaeology and archaeotechnology as well as for medical science, genetics, biology and many other disciplines. Since the Iceman was not the subject of a burial.