Ancient Siberian Burial Unveils Mysterious Woman Wrapped in Foal-Skin and a Copper Cross—What Secrets Does She Hold?
You ever wonder what it takes to preserve a lady so well that her 19th-century underwear stays looking fresher than your favorite vintage leather jacket? Welcome to Siberia’s Yakutia region, where the cold doesn’t just freeze the landscape — it practically puts time on ice. Temperatures can plummet to a bone-chilling -76 degrees Fahrenheit, making it a natural deep-freeze for anyone unfortunate enough — or fortunate enough, depending on your perspective — to be buried there. Dr. Elena Solovyova stumbled upon a remarkable find: a female mummy so impeccably preserved that her foal-skin stockings and a copper Christian cross remained crystal clear after more than a hundred years beneath the permafrost. But it turns out, this icy time capsule didn’t just rewrite local history; it also stirred the pot on who was actually settling Siberia in the first place — and when. Ready to peel back the fur-lined boots of this frosty mystery? LEARN MORE.
The Siberian permafrost preserved this 19th-century woman so well that some of her clothes remained perfectly intact.
Elena Solovyova/The Siberian TimesThe mummified woman was found buried with a copper cross, leather stockings, and fur-lined boots.
Siberia’s Yakutia region near the Russian Arctic is so unbearably cold that temperatures can fall below -76 degrees Fahrenheit. That bodes badly for the living, but works wonders to preserve the dead.
According to The Siberian Times, that’s where Dr. Elena Solovyova found a female mummy . Buried in a sand grave below the permafrost, the elements had preserved her so well that her foal-skin stockings and the Christian cross on her chest remained intact.
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