Published on March 13, 2017
A tattooed princess preserved in permafrost after 2,500 years is to be reinterred amid fears her upheaval sparked a series of natural disasters.
The mummified remains of the Russian ice maiden were discovered 21 years ago in a high altitude plateau in the heart of south-western Siberia.
But her removal led to concern among local elders who called for her to be put back in her final resting place to ‘stop her anger that caused floods and earthquakes’.
