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The 5,000-Year-Old Crime Scene: The Weapon We Still Can’t Explain

5,300 years ago, a man was ambushed and killed in the Alps. The killer snapped the arrow shaft to hide his tracks, but left behind a priceless pure copper axe. Here is th

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Ötzi the Iceman: A 5,300-Year-Old Murder Mystery

In 1991, hikers found a body in the Alps and assumed it was a lost climber. It was Ötzi the Iceman, a 5,300-year-old murder victim. Here is the forensic story — the arrow