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
Tarkhatinskoe Lake on the Ukok Plateau
Pazyryk carpet, 5th century BC
Horseman, Pazyryk felt artifact, c. 300 BC
Mummy of the Siberian Ice Maiden
Pazyryk culture
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The Pazyryk culture is an Iranic Saka nomadic Iron Age archaeological culture identified by excavated artifacts and mummified humans found in the Siberian permafrost, in the Altai Mountains, Kazakhsta
Ukok Plateau
…The present-day eastern Altai-Sayan region areas of Ukok-Sailiugem could be considered the closest analogy to the ancient mammoth steppe environment. Pazyryk is the name given by modern scholars to an ancient people who lived in the Altai Mountains on this plateau who are associated with some spectacular…
Pazyryk Kurgan
Pazyryk carpet, manufactured in Central Asia or the Near-East.
Tattoos of the warrior excavated at Pazyryk, with zoomorphic symbols, 5th-4th century BCE.
Samruk (Griffin), burial mound of Tuekta (5th century BCE) Altai, Pazyryk culture.