The 2,500-Year-Old Frozen Woman Found In Siberia — And The Secrets Hidden Inside The Ice Maiden’s Tomb
She was 167 centimeters tall — approximately five feet six inches.
This was above average for a woman of her time and culture.
Her skeletal structure suggests she was physically robust, a person who had grown up engaged in the physical demands of the steppe nomadic life.
Her head had been shaved.
When archaeologists found her, she wore a wig made from two layers of female hair, mounted on a felt structure that incorporated a spike approximately 90 centimeters — about 35 inches — high.
This towering headdress, made to stand above the head, would have made her presence impossible to miss.