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Places tagged “permafrost” in Russia

2 places to sift through. Narrow by kind, country, period or how firmly each one is established — contested and pseudoarchaeological claims are labelled here, never hidden.

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🇷🇺 Russia

🇷🇺 Russia · Kurgan

Ak-Alakha Plateau Frozen Kurgans (Ukok Extension)

Early Iron Age (Pazyryk) · Pazyryk (Siberian Ice Maiden horizon)

Southern flank of Ukok Plateau World Heritage 768 (2,200 m, 49°21′N 87°30′E) Ak-Alakha River valley palsa permafrost where Molodin 1993 Princess of Ukok site (Ak-Alakha-3) and 6 new kurgans form…

🇷🇺 Russia · Archaeological wonder

Pazyryk Kurgans

Scythian Iron Age (~600–250 BCE; main Pazyryk phase 300 BCE) · Pazyryk (Scythian/Altaic nomadic)

Five large larch-log chamber tombs in the dry Ukok and Ulagan valleys where permafrost preserved tattooed chieftains, silk from China, Persian pile carpets (the oldest extant, 5th century BCE) and 10…

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Ak-Alakha Plateau Frozen Kurgans (Ukok Extension)

Pazyryk Kurgans