Read the passage from "Who Killed the Iceman?" He spent some 5,000 years frozen in a mountain glacier on the Austro-Italian border before passing
hikers discovered him, sprawled in the melting snow, in 1991. He now resides in a refrigerated room at a
museum in Italy. Over the 11 years since his discovery the Iceman mummy has been examined from
every possible angle. But not until this past summer did those studying his still frozen body notice a
crucial plece of evidence that dramatically rewrites his story: "Ötzi," nicknamed for the Ötztal Alps where
he was found, didn't freeze to death in a sudden snowstorm while tending sheep as some had
suggested. Instead he was killed, a victim of warfare, murder, or human sacrifice.
Which statement best expresses the central idea of this passage?
Who Killed the Iceman?
Ötzi is preserved so that researchers can study why he died.
Ötzi died in a cold location.
Otzi's story was rewritten by a crucial piece of evidence.
Otzi was initially discovered by hikers.