Mummified archer turns up in remote museum after locals refused to hand him over to the Hermitage in St Petersburg.'Keep this head, do not give it to anybody, and one day your museum will be famous'. Picture: Kokorya MuseumThe ancient warrior was buried i
Archeologists hail extraordinary find of suspected ‘Hun woman’ with a jet gemstone buckle on her beaded belt.The ancient woman was buried wearing a silk skirt with a funeral meal. Picture:Marina KilunovskayaAfter a fall in the water level, the well-preser
Pavel Yakovlev makes ‘great scientific discovery’ near his village in Yakutia.‘If it is confirmed that this bone found in Namsky district is genuine, it will be a great scientific discovery for the republic.' Picture:Michil YakovlevThe fifth grade student
Mummified members of an unknown bygone civilisation are dug from a permafrost necropolis on the edge of the Arctic.What's inside the cocoon? Picture: Alexander GusevThe discoveries at the Zeleniy Yar burial site near Salekhard have the potential to shed l
Ceremonial suit was embellished with decorations and left as a sacrifice for the gods by ancient bear cult polar people, say archeologists.
Mummified potentate and wife were found in burial mound 42 metres in diameter, and they went to the next life alongside 9 geldings, saddled and harnessed.
Medieval archer's 'unique quiver' and arrows with iron tips found in hole in a cliff, along with his wooden sarcophagus.
Skulls of ancient adult and child pair placed near kneecaps of grown-up, in bizarre burial puzzling archeologists.
Ancient items of jewellery found by archeologists on Taymyr peninsula are stone labrets which were inserted into the face below the bottom lip.
