On September 19, 1991, a German couple, Erika and Helmut Simon, were hiking in the Ötztal Valley in the Austrian Alps when they found the body of what they thought was a mountain climber who had an accident.
However, the body turned out to be much older—it had been frozen in the ice for over 5,300 years. The body was called Ötzi, and he became known as the Iceman.
Around his body, they found many things, including a bow with arrows, a copper axe, a flint knife in a woven sheath, two wooden containers with maple leaves, parts of a backpack, a leather pouch with small items, fur and leather clothes, shoes, and other small objects.
Because Ötzi had an arrowhead stuck in his left shoulder and other injuries, researchers believe he was murdered