Saturday, 3 October 2026

Altai people demand the return of the Ukok Princess from a Gorno-Altaysk museum for burial

The mummy of the Ukok Princess with light hair, visible teeth and dark tattoos on the shoulder and arm.

For years now the Altaians have been demanding that the Ukok Princess be returned home and committed to the earth. Though she is, in any case, kept in a museum in Gorno-Altaysk, she belongs to the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Altaian elders, alas, keep losing in court

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