Princess of Altai Mummy



Princess of Altai
(Novosibirsk, Russia) In 1993, archeologists in Central Asia discovered the 2,500-year-old mummified remains of a tattooed young woman who became known as the Ice Princess of Altai. The cause of death hasn't been determined.

However, she did have an Aryan ancestry, as determined by DNA analysis.

The discovery of the Ak-Alakha-3 burial ground is one of the most important recent scientific discoveries in archeology.

In addition to the mummy of the 25-year-old woman wearing a fur coat and a wig, there were six saddled horses found in the burial chamber. Details of the finding indicated that the woman came from a noble clan.[…]

The tattoo on the body covers the woman's both arms from her shoulders to her hands. The tattoos were preserved well only on the left arm.

A mythical animal is depicted on the left shoulder of the mummy - an antlered deer with the beak of a vulture. The antlers are adorned with vulture heads; a similar head can be seen on the back of the animal, the body of which is twisted. A sheep with its head thrown back can be seen below. The mouth of a spotted panther with a long tail is seen at the legs of the sheep.

So, each warrior woman would cut off a breast in order to better shoot a bow and arrow. That's dedication.