It was lying face downward.The skeleton(骨架)was in perfect condition,except for a woundin the head.There was still skin on the bones and the remains of some clothes.The hands were still holding the wooden handle of an ax and on the feet there were very simple leather and cloth boots.
Nearby was a pair of gloves made of tree bark(树皮)and a holder for arrows.
Who was this man?How and when had he died?Everybody had a different answer to thesequestions.Some people thought that it was from this century,perhaps the body of a soldier who diedin World War 1,since several soldiers had already been found in the area.A Swiss woman believedit might be her father,who had died in those mountains twenty years before and whose body hadnever been found.The scientists who rushed to look at the body thought it was probably much older,maybe even a thousand years old.
With modern dating techniques,the scientists soon learned that the Iceman was about 5.300 years old.Born in about 3300 B.C.,he lived during the Bronze Age in Europe.At first scientiststhought he was probably a hunter who had died from an accident in the high mountains.More recent evidence,however,tells a different story.A new kind of X-rav shows an arrowhcad still stuck in his shoulder.It left only a tiny hole in his skin,but it caused internal damage and bleeding.He a1.most certainly died from this wound,and not from the wound on the back of his head.This meansthat he was probabb;in some kind of a battle.It may have been part of a larger war。or he may havebeen fighting bandits.He may even have been a bandit himself.
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