Six 13th century burials found in Western Siberia
Specialists of the Scientific Center for Arctic Studies found six burials in the Zelenyi Yar archaeological complex in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Region, where earlier they found mummies of people, who lived in the 13th century, the scientific center’s press service said on Thursday.
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Credit: Arctic Research Center of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District |
According to the Center’s archaeology researcher Alexander Gusev, the children's burial is of great scientific importance. Inside the burial, the scientists found bronze temporal rings, copper plates, a bronze bracelet, a knife handle with the image of a bird, and -for the first time ever - a scabbard with a wooden blade inside. "The Zelenyi Yar archaeological monument is known, first of all, for the numerous mummified remains of men, women and children found here in different years," the press service said. "This year, scientists have not found anything alike."
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Credit: Arctic Research Center of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District |
The archaeological complex near the Zelenyi Yar village was discovered in 1997 during the Live Yamal Russia-US expedition.
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Credit: Arctic Research Center of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District |
The remains are now at the Academy of Sciences' Institute of North's Exploration Studies in Tyumen, where partners from Seoul's National University continue genetic research.
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Credit: Arctic Research Center of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District |
Source: TASS [August 30, 2018]
Forgive my ignorance but where do we start calling a place 'Western' ? is there a marker post out there somewhere that says this is where East ends and West begins? I would like a map so I can visualize better just where things are on the globe?
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