Pazyryk burial ground

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Iron Age site Scythian archaeological site archaeological site

Pazyryk burial ground is an Iron Age archaeological site in the Altai Mountains of Siberia, renowned for its well-preserved Scythian-era kurgan tombs, mummies, and artifacts found in permafrost.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Pazyryk-1 kurgan group 1
Pazyryk-2 kurgan group 1
Pazyryk-3 kurgan group 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Iron Age site ⓘ
Scythian archaeological site ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
artStyle Scythian animal style NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Saka-Scythian world NERFINISHED ⓘ
steppe nomads ⓘ
burialType kurgan ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
culture Pazyryk culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
Scythian culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
discoveredBy Sergei Rudenko NERFINISHED ⓘ
environment permafrost ⓘ
evidenceFor Scythian nomadic elite ⓘ
body tattooing practices ⓘ
funerary rituals of Pazyryk culture ⓘ
horse harness and riding equipment ⓘ
excavatedBy Sergei Rudenko NERFINISHED ⓘ
excavationResumed 1947 ⓘ
excavationStart 1929 ⓘ
hasPart Pazyryk kurgan 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pazyryk kurgan 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pazyryk kurgan 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pazyryk kurgan 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pazyryk kurgan 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus part of Golden Mountains of Altai UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
knownFor felt carpets ⓘ
frozen tombs ⓘ
horse burials ⓘ
kurgan tombs ⓘ
mummies ⓘ
permafrost preservation ⓘ
tattooed human remains ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
wooden artifacts ⓘ
locatedIn Altai Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Siberia NERFINISHED ⓘ
materialFound Chinese silk ⓘ
bronze artifacts ⓘ
wooden chariots ⓘ
woolen pile carpet ⓘ
partOf Ukok Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Altai Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance evidence of long-distance trade ⓘ
exceptional organic material preservation ⓘ
timePeriod 3rd century BCE ⓘ
5th century BCE ⓘ
Iron Age ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pazyryk culture → hasSite → Pazyryk burial ground ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pazyryk-1 kurgan group
Pazyryk culture → hasSite → Pazyryk burial ground ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pazyryk-2 kurgan group
Pazyryk culture → hasSite → Pazyryk burial ground ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pazyryk-3 kurgan group
Pazyryk culture → hasSite → Pazyryk burial ground ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pazyryk-4 kurgan group
Pazyryk culture → hasSite → Pazyryk burial ground ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pazyryk-5 kurgan group
Pazyryk culture → hasSite → Pazyryk burial ground ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ukok Plateau burials
Pazyryk culture → hasTypeSite → Pazyryk burial ground ⓘ