Amazing Tattooed Mummy: Discover the Mysterious Siberian Ice Maiden

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The mysterious Siberian ice maiden is an amazing tattooed mummy!

Found in 1993, the Siberian Ice Maiden has animal-style deer tattoos on one of her shoulders, on her wrist and thumb.

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Tattoos found on the skin of the mysterious the ‘Siberian Ice Maiden’ mummy. Photo: Imgur

The Siberian Ice Maiden, also known as the Princess of Ukok, and the Altai Princess, is a mummy of a woman from the 5th century BCE, found in 1993 in a kurgan of the Pazyryk culture in Republic of Altai, Russia. It was among the most significant Russian archaeological findings of the late 20th century.

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Intricate drawings of the remarkable tattoos found on the mummified warriors surrounding the Siberian Ice Maiden. Photo: Imgur

She was buried surrounded by two men, possibly warriors, on the remote Ukok Plateau, now a UNESCO world cultural and natural heritage site, some 2,500 metres up in the Altai Mountains in a border region close to frontiers of Russia with Mongolia, China and Kazakhstan.

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The Siberian Maiden tattoos. Photo: Imgur

In addition to the warriors, the mysterious mummy was surrounded by six horses, saddled and bridled, which probably represent her spiritual escorts to the next world. They may also evidence her superior status. Was she a revered folk tale narrator? A healer? A holy woman? A princess?

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The Siberian Ice Maiden also known as the Princess of Ukok, the Altai Princess, or Ochy-bala has on her skin mysterious tattoos. Photo: Imgur

For her last trip, she also had sheep and horse meat as well as ornaments made out of felt, wood, bronze and gold. Probably to reduce her pain or help her have visions, she had a small container of cannabis and a place to burn coriander seeds.

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Experts say she died between at an age between 25 and 28, 2,500 or more years ago, making her, for example, some five centuries older than Jesus Christ, and several hundred years the senior of Alexander the Great.

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  1. […] La Doncella was found dressed in a ceremonial tunic and adorned with a headpiece, tokens of her new status as a messenger to the heavens. The girl had also drunk corn liquor, likely to put her to sleep and her mouth still held fragments of coca leaves, which the Inca chewed to lessen the effects of altitude sickness. However not tattoos were found on her. […]

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