We Now Know Why This 2,500 Year Old Princess Died

“The most important part was that the Siberian princess was found buried with cannabis. Researchers said that she used it in order to calm the immeasurable pain.” – K J Tobal

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The mummified remains of a 2,500-year-old Siberian princess were extracted from the Altai Mountains in Russia in 1993.

The finding of the so-called Princess Ukok in a permafrost subterranean tomb in the Altai Mountains, somewhere near the borders of Kazakhstan, China, and Mongolia, is considered one of the most important Russian archaeological discoveries of the late 20th century. It was believed to be part of the Pazyryk nomadic tribe mentioned in 5th century BC by Greek historian Herodotus.

New MRI (magnetic resonance image) scans have revealed that the ancient Pazyryk princess died after suffering from acute breast cancer. Scientists believe the 25 year old woman could have used cannabis to ease the pain.

The body of the Siberian mummy was covered with tattoos that were observable on her well-preserved skin. The princess was found in her tomb, buried with meat, ornate clothing, jewellery, a headdresses and other accessories.

She was surrounded by two male warriors to protect her, and six horses to ease what is believed to be their journey into the next life.

The scientists said that she was a woman of importance during her life; they have a good idea of who the Pazyryk princess was, and how she and her people lived.

According to The Siberian Times, she was too young since she died at the age of 25, but the discovery of the reason behind her death is what made headlines:

Dr. Andrey Letyagin of the Institute of Physiology and Fundamental Medicine was the one who conducted MRI scans on the princess; he explained that the princess had a host of maladies throughout her life. He talked about the infection of the bone marrow – osteomyelitis – which was what the princess suffered from, he said:

During the imaging of mammary glands, we paid attention to their asymmetric structure and the varying asymmetry of the MRI signal. We are dealing with a primary tumor in the right breast and right axial lymph nodes with metastases.”

Dr. Andrey Letyagin worked with Dr. Andrey Savelov of the International Tomography Center; they published their unexpected discovery in the Science First Hand journal.  Continue reading . . .

SF Source CollectiveEvolution  Oct 20 2014

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