OETZI THE ICEMAN MAY HAVE BEEN BURIED, SAYS TEAM

26.08.2010 [13:31]
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Baku, August 26 (AZERTAC). Oetzi, the 5,000 year old "Iceman" found in the Italian Alps, may have been ceremonially buried, archaeologists claim.

An autopsy showed that Oetzi had been murdered, dying of an arrow wound.

While this is not disputed, a new study suggests that months after his death, Oetzi`s corpse was carried to the high mountain pass where it was found.

The discovery site therefore may not be a murder scene after all, but a burial ground.

The new study, led by Professor Luca Bondioli of the National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnology in Rome and his US-Italian team, is published in the journal Antiquity.

Oetzi was discovered on the alpine border between Italy and Austria in 1991.

Although thought at first to be the corpse of a modern climber, scientists later proved that the mummified body was more than 5,000 years old.

When an autopsy showed that he was killed by an arrow wound to the shoulder, Oetzi became an overnight media sensation.

OETZI THE ICEMAN MAY HAVE BEEN BURIED, SAYS TEAM

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