Otzi, the Iceman

The first picture of Ötzi as he emerged from the melting ice, taken by the finders – the German couple Helmut and Erika Simon, in 1991.

 

Ötzi, also called the Iceman was discovered in the Ötztal Alps on the border between Austria and Italy.

He died from an arrow to the back on a high Alpine mountain pass more than 5,300 years ago.. A wounded—and possibly wanted—man, Ötzi the Iceman spent his final days on the move high up in the Alps until he was felled by the arrow.