[ZULU]

Hey, I bet EVERYBODY who came in contact with the mummy dies - eventually.

[William of Orange]

someone call John Edwards, Ötzi might want to sue his killers...

[BenLurkin]

You ask me -- he had tried to knock over a liquour store and was on the lam.

[SJSAMPLE]

Since interest in our frozen friend has waned, I guess making him some "powerful leader" would heat him up again.

[Billthedrill]

Oh, great. You had to post this "Curse of Otzi" stuff. Now everybody who reads it is gonna die!

I hope you're happy...

[Keith]

It's Bush's fault of course...

[Ancesthntr]

He was hit by an arrowhead while being assaulted by his enemies, some of whose blood was found on the mummy's cloak and weapons.

Was that the arrowhead from the school tablet depository, or the grassy knoll? Where's the Zapruder cave painting?

[UnklGene]

[wildbill]

Everybody has a theory. Mine is that he was trying to get over the pass into his home territory on the other side. I suspect he was part of a raiding party and either got separated or was left behind when he couldn't keep up.

[blam]

Thanks for the post, it's mostly BS.

You'd think a science writer for Discovery could get something correct.

"Ötzi the Iceman, the world's oldest and best-preserved mummy, might have been murdered in a struggle for power, according to a new theory that identifies the 5,300-year-old mummy as the powerful leader of a Neolithic community."

Here's an article about 8,000 year old mummies in Florida...almost 100 of them.

Here's an article about 9,400 year old mummy Spirit Cave Man found in a cave in Nevada.

Spirit Cave Man

[blam]

Thanks for the post, it's mostly BS.

You'd think a science writer for Discovery could get something correct.

"Ötzi the Iceman, the world's oldest and best-preserved mummy, might have been murdered in a struggle for power, according to a new theory that identifies the 5,300-year-old mummy as the powerful leader of a Neolithic community."

Here's an article about 8,000 year old mummies in Florida...almost 100 of them.

Here's an article about 9,400 year old mummy Spirit Cave Man found in a cave in Nevada.

Spirit Cave Man

[Rudder]

Too much speculation by the so-called "experts."

They call him old because he is 45. The life span (a statistical average) then may have been very short, but that does not translate into 45 year-old men being old. A copper (heavy and soft metal) axe would be wonderful in stage shows or ceremonies but not useful in any sort of practical application, a strong stick would have been a better weapon. The current climate was likely not the same as it was then. He could have likely been not running away, but rather ambushed by "highwaymen."

IMHO, speculation (mine as well) by the experts is what gives archaeology a bad name.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Blam.

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[PoorMuttly]

Wh......wait a minute.

Didn't Muttly explain it to you last year....?


Your "Oetzi" was a philandering used arrow salesman, died with a belly full of stolen goat stew, the mayor's Ax, and the stuff you haven't found yet...(don't expect me to tell).....

...and now he's a shaman king???!!!!

[Hegewisch Dupa]

Theory: Oetzi Murdered in Power Play

It is difficult to defend yourself when you're down one skater.