Pazyryk

[paz-uh-rik]

noun

1. the site of 40 wood-lined pit tombs c500–c300 b.c. in the Altai Mountains of central Asia, containing the tattooed bodies of nomadic chieftains of the eastern Steppes and grave goods all well-preserved in a frozen state.

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On her right forearm, the Pazyryk woman had an image of leopards around the head of a deer.

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The tattooed woman, aged about 50, was from the nomadic horse-riding Pazyryk people who lived on the vast steppe between China and Europe.

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The Pazyryk "ice mummies" were found inside ice tombs in the Altai mountains in Siberia in the 19th century, but it has been difficult to see the tattoos.

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She recounts this in her 2015 book, “Wartime Quilts: Appliqués and Geometric Masterpieces From Military Fabrics,” which traces a history of war quilts beginning with “The Great Pazyryk Felt,” found in southern Siberia, dating from around 300 B.C. and now in the collection of the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.

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Other mummies of the Siberian Pazyryk culture are inked with similar designs and animals such as tigers, leopards and elk.

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