Siberian Ice Maiden
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The Siberian Ice Maiden, also known as the Altai Princess or Princess of Ukok, is the naturally preserved mummy of a young woman from the Pazyryk culture who lived during the 5th century BCE. Discover
Mummy of the Siberian Ice Maiden
The Ukok Plateau
Reconstruction of the tomb chamber of the Siberian Ice Maiden, in the Anokhin Museum.
Siberian Ice Maiden horse harness, Anokhin Museum, Gorno-Altaysk, Altai Republic, Siberia, Russia
Ukok Plateau
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Ukok Plateau is a plateau covered by grasslands located in southwestern Siberia, in the Altai Mountains region of Russia near the borders with China, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia. The plateau is recognize
Siberian Ice Maiden
…naturally preserved mummy of a young woman from the Pazyryk culture who lived during the 5th century BCE. Discovered in 1993 in a frozen kurgan on the Ukok Plateau in the Altai Republic of southern Siberia, Russia, her remains were preserved for approximately 2,400 years by ice that formed within the burial chamber…
Tarkhatinskoe Lake on the Ukok Plateau
Pazyryk carpet, 5th century BC
Horseman, Pazyryk felt artifact, c. 300 BC