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Analyzing Otzi's Death In The Epic Of Gilgamesh
The researchers changed their mind about how Ötzi died a few times based on what they found when examining him. The first thing they found was the arrowhead, the arrowhead confirmed he was killed and didn’t die of natural causes. After that they found blood in his brain which leads the researchers to believe that he was killed by blunt force trauma to the head. The final pieces of evidence was the food they found in his stomach and the ax that was left with his body. The scientists thought if he was running away from something he wouldn’t have eaten a big meal therefore the final conclusion was Ötzi was killed by someone he knew possibly from his community. This point is also supported because Ötzi’s ax was left with him which meant the person who killed him didn't want to be discovered with such a rare tool for the time period because others would know it was Ötzi’s ax.

The Epic of Gilgamesh seems very different from most other origin or creation stories. Gilgamesh in the first
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The code was very harsh, a person in this society could be put to death for almost anything. “Any one steal cattle or sheep, or an ass, or a pig or a goat, if it belong to a god or to the court, the thief shall pay thirtyfold therefor; if they belonged to a freed man of the king he shall pay tenfold; if the thief has nothing with which to pay he shall be put to death” (Hammurabi Code). This is a good example of the punishments being different depending on the social class. The poor people who may need the cattle get the worst treatment if you have money or steal from someone who doesn't have money the punishment is not that severe. This punishment system today would be equivalent to us letting prisoners free if they could afford it which makes the different punishments for each social class very

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