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** Activities - Pazyryk Puzzles **

**1. Practice Responses**


 * How was the Siberian Icemaiden preserved? Was it accidental or deliberate preservation?
 * What does the evidence from the Pazyryk burials reveal about their religious beliefs and practices?
 * Using the available evidence, what was the most likely cause of the Ice Maiden's death?

**2. Crossword!**

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**Across** 3. How many horses was the Ice Maiden buried with? 4. What animal featured in tattoos and many artefacts? 7. What implement was used to create tattoos? 9. What did the Ice Maiden's tattoos signify? 10. Bodies could only be buried in this time of year. 11. Only people of this class were deliberately preserved and given a burial. 13. What was her coffin fashioned from? 15. Portable artefacts suggest that the Pazyryk tribe were... 17. Who discovered the Siberian Ice Maiden?

<span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">**Down** <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">1. How old was the Ice Maiden when she died? <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">2. What took up one third of the Ice Maiden's coffin? <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">3. Who discovered the earlier Pazyryk bodies? <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">5. What century was the Ice Maiden discovered in? <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">6. What mountains were the bodies found? <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">8. What ancient historian wrote about similar burial practices? <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">12. What did archaeologists use to melt the ice encasing the Ice Maiden? <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">14. What material suggests a trade link with India? <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">16. What century (BC) did she live in?

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