World's Oldest Murder 2

世界上最古老的谋杀案

If the Iceman was important, he may have been the leader of his community.如果冰人是重要的，他可能是社区的领导者。

One leading theory about his death is that he was assassinated.关于他死亡的一个主要理论是他被暗杀了

In ancient times, to take power, you often had to kill the leader.在古代，为了夺取权力，你经常要杀死领袖。

Perhaps the Iceman was the target of an assassination.也许冰人是暗杀的目标。

The murderer may have followed the Iceman and killed him from behind.凶手可能跟在冰人后面从后面杀了他。

Then, to protect his identity, he pulled out the arrow and covered the body.然后，为了保护自己的身份，他抽出箭来盖住了尸体。

He left the copper ax behind so that he couldn't be identified.他把铜斧头落在后面，所以无法辨认他的身份。

According to this theory, the Iceman was killed by a member of his own community.根据这个理论，冰人是被他自己社区的一名成员杀死的。

Therefore, the murderer was probably someone he knew.因此，凶手很可能是他认识的人。

Another theory is that the Iceman was killed after a battle with outsiders.另一种说法是，冰人是在与外界战斗后被杀死的。

Since his community was located along an important trade route it may have been attacked.由于他的社区位于一条重要的贸易路线上，因此可能遭到了袭击。

The Iceman may have been a military leader fighting to defend his village.冰人可能是一位为保卫他的村庄而战斗的军事领袖。

Perhaps he was in a battle with the attackers on the day that he died.也许在他死的那天，他正在与袭击者作战。

According to this theory, he was fleeing from the battle and was caught from behind in an isolated area.根据这一理论，他当时正在逃离战场，被从后面一个孤立的地区抓获

However, from an analysis of his stomach, it is unlikely that he was running from anyone.然而，从他的胃部分析来看，他不太可能是在躲避任何人。

There was a half-pound of food in his stomach when he died.他死时胃里有半磅食物。

Since food only remains in the stomach for about an hour, he must have eaten a large meal shortly before his death.由于食物在胃里只能保存大约一个小时，他在死前不久一定吃了一顿大餐。

Someone who is in a hurry would never take the time to stop and eat such a large meal.一个匆忙的人永远不会花时间停下来吃这么一顿大餐。

And if he was killed by outsiders, why didn't they take the copper ax?如果他是被外人杀死的，他们为什么不拿走铜斧头?

So the question remains about what happened on that final day of his life.所以问题仍然是在他生命的最后一天发生了什么。

The truth is that nobody will ever know what really happened.事实上，没有人会知道到底发生了什么。

The Iceman's murder will remain a mystery forever.那个冰人被杀一事将永远是个谜。