When Was Ötzi Dead

The famed mummy died from an arrow to the back on a high Alpine mountain pass 5,300 years ago.

What age did Iceman die?

ÖtziDiedc. 3230 BC (aged about 45) Ötztal Alps, near Tisenjoch on the border between Austria and ItalyOther namesÖtzi the Iceman Similaun Man (Italian: Mummia del Similaun) Man from Tisenjoch Man from Hauslabjoch Frozen Man Frozen Fritz Tyrolean Iceman

How old is the Iceman?

Radiocarbon dating — which measures carbon 14, an isotope, or version of carbon — determined that the iceman was about 5,300 years old, dating to 3300 B.C. This meant that Ötzi lived during the era of history known as the Copper Age, the transition period between the Neolithic, or the “New Stone Age,” and the late …