He was likely was a warrior that died between 1975 BC or 1640 BC. He was between 25 to 35-years-old. He had been shot by an arrow, from the front, into the soft tissues of his neck. The arrow struck the right infratemporal fossa, this did not cause immediate death. The wound would get infected and he would get a muscle spasm that induced torticollis. Torticollis or wryneck causes the twisting of muscles of the neck to rotate and tilt at an angle. It's likely he lived for a short while after his injury until the infection killed him. His Torticollis was not fixed during the mummification process.
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