The 2,500-Year-Old Frozen Woman Found In Siberia — And The Secrets Hidden Inside The Ice Maiden’s Tomb
The isolation of the burial — she was buried alone, which is unusual.
Pazyryk burials more commonly involved a primary interlocutor accompanied by others, particularly sacrificed servants or concubines in high-status male burials.
The fact that the Ice Maiden was alone suggests a kind of individual significance that is perhaps more consistent with a ritual specialist role than with a purely political role.
The tattoos themselves, which may have been markers of spiritual identity or spiritual achievement within the Pazyryk community.
None of these elements proves that the Ice Maiden was a shaman or ritual specialist.
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