After decades of being frozen in the Siberian tundra, the mummified remains of an adult and a kid, all wrapped in copper, were discovered.
According to the governor of the Yamalo-Nenets District, the latest discovery includes two mummies wrapped in dense fabric material, hair, and tree bark, with the adult encased in copper plates and the infant stuffed with copper kettle parts. Copper was known to be employed for its antibacterial properties in order to better protect the body. As a result, the permafrost in this extremely frigid part of the world automatically “cooled” the ashes.
The larger of the two mummies measures around 170 centimeters (5 feet 7 inches), indicating that it is a fully matured person. The smaller one indicates that the baby is likely to be under 6 months old.
In a statement, anthropologist Evgenia Svyatova of the Center for the Protection and Use of Historical and Cultural Monuments stated that the team has yet to untangle the remains for fear of disturbing the corpse and worsening the tissue condition.
Mummies were discovered beside a century-old monument in a remote region of Siberia, close outside Salekhard, by archaeologists. This settlement crosses the Polar Circle and is located on the shore of the Kara Sea in the Arctic Ocean, thus its average annual temperature of -5.72°C (21.7°F) should come as no surprise.
The couple will now be evaluated in a lab, where they will be subjected to DNA profiling, forensics, and historical research. The project’s researchers want to present their findings at a symposium in Salekhard later this year.
The age of the skeletons has yet to be determined. The archaeological site, however, is thought to have been the most active in the Middle Ages in the 13th century. The bodies are the most recent in a lengthy line of mummies unearthed since 1997 at the Zeleny Yar archeological site. Between 2013 and 2017, researchers discovered 47 burials.
Despite the fact that this study has unearthed a wealth of information, little is known about the people who lived in the area centuries ago. Archaeologists previously unearthed copper bowls from Persia in the 10th century in Iran, nearly 5,950 kilometers (3,700 miles) distant. The connection between this Siberian civilization and Persia is unknown, but with any chance, future advancement on the web will shed some light on the subject.
After decades of being frozen in the Siberian tundra, the mummified remains of an adult and a kid, all wrapped in copper, were discovered.
According to the governor of the Yamalo-Nenets District, the latest discovery includes two mummies wrapped in dense fabric material, hair, and tree bark, with the adult encased in copper plates and the infant stuffed with copper kettle parts. Copper was known to be employed for its antibacterial properties in order to better protect the body. As a result, the permafrost in this extremely frigid part of the world automatically “cooled” the ashes.
The larger of the two mummies measures around 170 centimeters (5 feet 7 inches), indicating that it is a fully matured person. The smaller one indicates that the baby is likely to be under 6 months old.
In a statement, anthropologist Evgenia Svyatova of the Center for the Protection and Use of Historical and Cultural Monuments stated that the team has yet to untangle the remains for fear of disturbing the corpse and worsening the tissue condition.
Mummies were discovered beside a century-old monument in a remote region of Siberia, close outside Salekhard, by archaeologists. This settlement crosses the Polar Circle and is located on the shore of the Kara Sea in the Arctic Ocean, thus its average annual temperature of -5.72°C (21.7°F) should come as no surprise.
The couple will now be evaluated in a lab, where they will be subjected to DNA profiling, forensics, and historical research. The project’s researchers want to present their findings at a symposium in Salekhard later this year.
The age of the skeletons has yet to be determined. The archaeological site, however, is thought to have been the most active in the Middle Ages in the 13th century. The bodies are the most recent in a lengthy line of mummies unearthed since 1997 at the Zeleny Yar archeological site. Between 2013 and 2017, researchers discovered 47 burials.
Despite the fact that this study has unearthed a wealth of information, little is known about the people who lived in the area centuries ago. Archaeologists previously unearthed copper bowls from Persia in the 10th century in Iran, nearly 5,950 kilometers (3,700 miles) distant. The connection between this Siberian civilization and Persia is unknown, but with any chance, future advancement on the web will shed some light on the subject.
