Siberian Ice Maiden
Mummified body of a woman from the 5th century BCThe Siberian Ice Maiden, known locally as the Altai Princess, the Princess of Ukok, Devochka ("Girl") and Ochy-bala, is a mummy of a woman from the 5th century BC, discovered in 1993 in a kurgan belonging to one of the Pazyryk burials, from the Pazyryk culture in the Republic of Altai, Russia. It was among the most significant Russian archaeological findings of the late 20th century. In 2012 she was moved to a special mausoleum at the Republican National Museum in Gorno-Altaisk.
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Ukok Plateau
Plateau in Altai Republic, Russia