National Geographic - USA (2021-11)

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ÖTZI THE ICEMAN


iceman. The arrow’s
shaft was broken, sug-
gesting Ötzi struggled
to extract it or that
his killer tried to
remove it. Scientists

In a lab in Bolzano,
Italy, scientists use
an endoscope to view
a lethal arrowhead
lodged in the shoulder
of Ötzi, the prehistoric

also examined Ötzi’s
stomach contents. The
hunter’s last meal was
a greasy, filling repast
of ibex and grain.
ROBERT CLARK
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