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MuseumsSite Name: Anokhin Museum Alternative Name: Altai Republic National Museum
Country: Russia Type: Museum
Nearest Town: Gorno-Altaysk
Latitude: 51.956620N  Longitude: 85.946624E
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Anokhin Museum submitted by bat400 : Princess Ukok/Princess of the Altai: A mummy that was found in 1993 in a kurgan in the remote Ukok Plateau in the Altai Republic in Russia. Date 2007-01-29 (original upload date,) ru.wikipedia. Photo uploaded by Kobsev at ru.wikipedia. "This work has been released into the public domain by its author, Kobsev at the wikipedia project. This applies worldwide." (Vote or comment on this photo)
National Museum in Altaysk-Gorno, Altai Republic, Russia.
Home of the "Siberian Ice Maiden" or "Ukok Princess," a mummy of the Pazyryk culture (6th and 2nd centuries BCE.) The discovery and excavation of her kurgen tomb was among the most significant Russian archaeological findings of the 20th century. SINCE MY FIRST VISIT TO THE MUSEUM IN 2016 THE REGULATIONS HAVE CHANGED AND NO PHOTOGRAPHY IS PERMITTED IN THE UKOK PRINCESS SECTION OF THE MUSEUM NOW. December 2018

Controversy followed the removal and holding of the remains, as well as the reconstruction of her face based on the skull - one which emphasized European ethnic traits.

With four major sections, the collections include paleontology, archaeology, ethnology, works of fine and decorative arts, ancient manuscripts and XVII - XX centuries, documents and photographs on the history of Altai XIX - XX centuries, and specimens of flora and fauna, mineral collection. Address: 46, Gurkina-Choros, Altaysk-Gorno.

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Anokhin Museum submitted by DrewParsons : Anokhin Museum - Stone Axes. Photographed in December 2018 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Anokhin Museum submitted by DrewParsons : Anokhin Museum. Burial site VI - II BC Photographed in December 2018 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Anokhin Museum submitted by DrewParsons : Wooden coffin from Ak-Alakha 1 Kurgan 1 dated to 400 BC. February 2018 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Anokhin Museum submitted by DrewParsons : Kurgan find from Ak-Alakha 3 Kurgan 1 dated to 400 BC. February 2018 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Anokhin Museum submitted by DrewParsons : Kurgan finds from Ak-Alakha 1 Kurgan 1 dated to 400 BC. February 2018

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Anokhin Museum submitted by DrewParsons : Copy of the burial kurgan for The Altai Ice Princess. February 2018

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Anokhin Museum submitted by DrewParsons : Another view of the copy reconstructed burial of the Altai Ice Princess. February 2018

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Anokhin Museum submitted by DrewParsons : Reconstructed copy of the kurgan finds from Ak-Alakha 3 of a young woman with the name "Ukok" or Princess (known as The Altai Ice Princess). Her well preserved body is held in a separate secure part of the museum buildings. February 2018

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Anokhin Museum submitted by DrewParsons : Gold Torque 5th to 4th century BC - kurgan find. Photographed in February 2018

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Anokhin Museum submitted by DrewParsons : Diorama February 2018

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Anokhin Museum submitted by DrewParsons : Exterior of the Museum. February 2018

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Anokhin Museum submitted by DrewParsons : Funeral coffin, Wood, Verkch Kaldgin - 2. Kurgan - 2, IV BC Photographed in February 2018

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"Ukok Princess" will return to Altay, but will not be Displayed by bat400 on Wednesday, 16 October 2013
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"'Princess Ukok' will return to her homeland by helicopter, but her [remains] will not be exposed in the museum”, — Vladimir Sakpachakov, the director of the National Anokhin Museum in Gorno-Altaysk informed the journalists. Instead of the mummy its wonderful mannequin will be exposed in the burial.

Authorities promised to return “Ukok Princess” to the Altay people yet in 2011. For this reason the works on reconstruction of the National Museum were started: an extension to the museum was built and the expensive equipment for supporting the necessary facilities for its storage was bought. It seemed that even ethnic sensibilities were]considered – the mummy burial would be placed under the ground level, so that the princess [might be] “buried”. It seemed like everything was ready and everything was foreseen. And suddenly a new change has come – the “Princess Kadyn” mummy will be kept in the museum storage and will be accessible only to the scientists. Regarding curious visitors of the museum, they will just see its mannequin.

Wonderful clothes of the mummy and the [grave goods that surrounded her] in the barrow will be stored in the Museum of history and culture of the people of Siberia and Far East in Novosibirsk. In December the museum researchers will visit the Archeological and Ethnographical Institute of the Siberian RAS Department for consultations and examination of the princess’ clothes for further [preservation.]

One should mention that since the moment of [the discovery] of the Ukok mummy there have been restless political fires [burning] around the subject. Many political leaders score points and earned popularity by appealing to get the mummy back to her homeland. And the current decision of authorities is [a partial compromise.] It won’t satisfy that part of the electorate which demanded of the princess’ burial. This part of population is against scientists [touching] the princess and further investigating her body.

Hereafter the specialists from the All-Russian research Institute of the medicinal and aromatic plants (ARIMAP) will be involved into the conservation and preserving the mummy’s body. These procedures are quite expensive, so after the mummy’s delivery to Gorno-Altaysk these manipulations will be paid by Altai Republic.

Note. “The Altay princess was discovered by the archeologists from Novosibirsk on the plateau Ukok in 1993 and transported to the laboratory of the Archeological and ethnographic Institute of the Siberian RAS department. Currently the body of “Princess of Ukok” and the artifacts, found in her burial place (Barrow Ak-Alaha-3), including clothes, accessories and the like can be seen in the Academic center of Novosibirsk, in the Museum of history and culture of Siberian and Far East people”.

In the '90s certain public circles of Gorny Altay demanded returning the mummy to the Republic Altay and its burial. A Shaman frightened people by predicting numerous calamities will threaten Altai that if the mummy was not returned. (The violent earthquake of 2003 perfectly fit in this prediction.) The archeologists of the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography were barred from excavations of the barrows in Ukok for years."

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For the original english translation (?), see http://www.gotoaltay.com/news/.
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Amazing tattoos covered ancient Siberian princess by bat400 on Wednesday, 16 October 2013
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Tattoos as complex and abstract as any modern design have been found on the body of Siberian princess buried in the permafrost for more than 2500 years.

Natalia Polosmak, the scientist who found the remains of Princess Ukok high in mountains close to Russia's border with Mongolia and China, said she was struck by how little has changed in the past two millennia.

Tattoos of mythological creatures and complex patterns are believed to have been status symbols for the ancient nomadic Pazyryk people first described by the Greek historian Herodotus in the 5th century BC.

A striking tattoo of a deer with a griffon's beak and Capricorn antlers was found on the left shoulder of the ancient 'princess', who died about age 25.

The antlers are decorated with the heads of griffons. And the same griffon's head is shown on the back of the animal. She also has a dear's head on her wrist, with big antlers.

"Our young woman - the 'princess' - has only her two arms tattooed," Dr Polosmak told the Siberian Times. "So they signified both age and status."

Buried with the 'princess' were six saddled-and-bridled horses, bronze and gold ornaments - and a small canister of cannabis.

She is not known to be a 'princess', as her name implies. Experts are divided over whether she was a poet, healer or holy woman.

Two warriors recovered from the same burial site in the permafrost of the Ukok Plateau were similar fantastical creatures. One had an image reaching across his right shoulder from his chest to his back.

The reconstructed tattoos were released to mark the moving of the remains of the princess to a permanent display in the National Museum in Gorno-Altaisk where she will be put on display.

Two warriors recovered from the same burial site in the permafrost of the Ukok Plateau were similar fantastical creatures. One had an image reaching across his right shoulder from his chest to his back.

The reconstructed tattoos were released to mark the moving of the remains of the princess to a permanent display in the National Museum in Gorno-Altaisk.

"Tattoos were used as a mean of personal identification - like a passport now, if you like," said Dr Polosmak. [Dr Polosmak believes] The tattoos used by the Pazyryk nomads were intended to help members of the tribe identify each other in the afterlife.



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