The frozen mummy may have died with a wicked stomach ache from H. pylori bacteria, which also help date a migration wave from Africa.
Anthropologist Albert Zink is trying to solve a classic cold case: the death of Ötzi the Iceman, the famous mummy preserved in the frozen Italian Alps for millennia.
Ötzi the Iceman: What we know 3 decades after his discovery
Iceman's Gut Holds Clues to Human Migration – National Geographic Education Blog
Though he lived 5,000 years ago, Otzi the Iceman was not a strict adherent to the Paleo diet - Los Angeles Times
Ötzi – a new understanding of the holy grail of glacial archaeology - Secrets of the Ice
Gastritis pathogens found in iceman Oetzi
Prehistoric Cultures -- University of Minnesota Duluth
Expedition Magazine
The Coldest Case - Lessons from the Iceman - Past Medical History
Ötzi - Wikipedia
What an iceman's upset stomach shows about earliest Europeans