Scientists researching the mummified body of Ötzi the Iceman have discovered the real reason he died over 5,000 years ago ...

Like the new pictures, the old x-rays showed a dense, triangular mass in Otzi’s left shoulder. It was, Gostner estimated, five times as dense as bone. It was stone. It looked like an arrowhead.

Otzi's body was naturally preserved by the harsh ... though evidence suggests he was murdered, with an arrowhead found lodged in his shoulder. Theories about his death include ritual sacrifice ...