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I'm a PhD student researching the role of the archaeological dead in contemporary British society. Think of this as a scrapbook of all the interesting links, snippets of information and random bits and bobs I come across pertaining to death, dying and the dead. Enjoy?!

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    Not murdered... clumsy! Oetzi, the 5,300-year-old iceman thought to have been shot by an arrow, 'probably died due to a...

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    Oetzi the prehistoric iceman may not have been murdered, say scientists, who now believe he could be the world’s first known mountaineering victim.

    The ancient natural mummy was believed to have died 5,300 years ago when he was hit by an arrow during a hunting trip.

    Scientists - who…