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Mummified Siberian princess discovered with a body full of tattoos almost completely intact

People have been tattooing themselves for almost as long as we’ve been around, but finding mummified remains with tattoos is still a big deal. Especially when the tattoos are as wonderfully preserved and intact as those of a recently discovered ancient princess from Siberia.

Nineteen years ago, on a remote plateau over 1.5 miles up the Altai mountain range, three remarkably well preserved mummies were uncovered. For almost two decades “Princess” Ukok, as the scientists named her, and her two warriors, were kept under wraps in Novosibirsk, Russia. But now their remains are traveling home to Gorno-Altaisk in Western Siberia where they’ll be displayed in a glass sarcophagus to give visitors a 360 degree view of their ink.

Princess Ukok and her warriors are believed to be members of the Pazyryk nomads who existed as early as the 5th century BC when they were described by the Greek historian Herodotus. Buried with Ukok, who died around the age of 25, were a meal of sheep and horse meat and six horses with bridles perhaps meant to escort her to the next world and most definitely evidence of her status in her tribe. From what knowledge has survived of Pazyryk culture, we know the tattoos were a from of identification, like a driver’s license, meant to make it easier to find your family members after death.

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