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3. How many horses was the Ice Maiden buried with? SIX 4. What animal featured in tattoos and many artefacts? DEER 7. What implement was used to create tattoos? BONENEEDLE 9. What did the Ice Maiden's tattoos signify? RANK 10. Bodies could only be buried in this time of year. SUMMER 11. Only people of this class were deliberately preserved and given a burial. NOBLE 13. What was the Ice Maiden's coffin fashioned from? LOG 15. Portable artefacts suggest that the Pazyryk tribe were... NOMADIC 17. Who discovered the Siberian Ice Maiden? NATALIAPOLOSMAK
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1. How old was the Ice Maiden when she died? TWENTYFIVE 2. What took up one third of the Ice Maiden's coffin? HEADDRESS 3. Who discovered the earlier Pazyryk bodies? SERGEIRUDENKO 5. What century was the Ice Maiden discovered in? TWENTIETH 6. What mountains were the bodies found? ALTAI 8. What ancient historian wrote about similar burial practices? HERODOTUS 12. What did archaeologists use to melt the ice encasing the Ice Maiden? BLOWTORCH 14. What material suggests a trade link with India? SILK
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