About 4500 BCE and 2500 BCE the iceman was an important person in his tribe because he had a copper bladed axe . He was in his mid 40s and he was small . He was unhealthy because he ate bread,deer and goat and also he survived 3 diseases . Lived in northern Italy where the Alps border it with other countries, had unfinished weapons like his arrows only two of his fourteen arrows were finished . He wore three layers of clothing to keep him warm in the Alps .

He was murdered in the mountains by a single arrow to the left shoulder. Which hit the main vain in his shoulder which made him bled to death increased heartbeat and passed out and died . Then over time the ice and snow preserved the iceman in ice for several thousand years until

A few hikers found him sticking out of the ice and his tools were scattered around the site where they found him .