Siberian Ice Maiden

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Siberian Ice Maiden
Mummy of the Siberian Ice Maiden
Material	Mummified corpse, remains of a burial chamber
Discovered	Ukok Plateau 49°17′59″N 87°33′46″E / 49.29972°N 87.56278°E / 49.29972; 87.56278

The Siberian Ice Maiden, known locally as the Princess of Ukok (Russian: Принце́сса Уко́ка), the Altai Princess (Russian: Алтайская принцесса), Devochka ("Girl") and Ochy-bala (Russian: Очы-бала, the heroine of the Altaic epic), is a mummy of a woman from the 5th century BC, discovered in 1993 in a kurgan belonging to one of the Pazyryk burials, from the Pazyryk culture in the Republic of Altai, Russia. It was among the most significant Russian archaeological findings of the late 20th century. In 2012 she was moved to a special mausoleum at the Republican National Museum in Gorno-Altaisk.