Mummy of 2,500-year-old princess carries a mysterious tattoo

The mummy of a thousand-year-old princess is still intact with many modern-day tattoos that amaze archaeologists.

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On July 31, 1993, archaeologists were amazed to discover a mummy of more than 2,500-year-old women buried in thick snow ice at an altitude of 2,500m on the Okok plateau in the Altai mountains. of the Altai Republic (close to Mongolia and China).

Archaeological archaeologists, experts discovered this mummy is from a woman who died at age 25 due to breast cancer. This is considered the first victim of this disease.

They also found on the arm of the mummy there are 2 large tattoos, strange shapes. According to historical records, tattooing is quite common in the Pazyryks ethnic group, but so far no one has understood what the mummy's hand painted in the message.

The mummy's left arm can still be seen clearly. It is a drawing of a sacred animal of the Pazyryks: a two-headed deer with a beak of vulture, a sheep's leg, on its back is bitten by a long-tailed leopard.

When discovered, this mummy wears a red belt that symbolizes warriors, wears a silk garment, and two hands holding a branch of a fir tree. Around the place where the mummy was discovered, 6 horses were also found. Therefore, many scientists predict that this mummy was once a princess of the Pazyryks tribe - the nomadic race who lived around the IV - III BC period. From here, they named the mummy "Ice Princess" or "Princess of Altai" - Altai princess.

The researchers also concluded that the pain from breast cancer caused the princess to fall from a horse and use marijuana to relieve the pain.