April
17
/ 2020
By Anna Prokhozheva / The Siberia Times The discovery of the magnificent clay likeness of a young man in the Shestakovsky burial mound No 6 has long intrigued Russian archaeologists. Discovered among cremated remains of ancient people, this elegant mask of someone who was perhaps a handsome warrior immediately stood out as a remarkable find when it was first unearthed in Khakassia in 1968 by Professor Anatoly Martynov. Death Mask Mystery The X-ray technology of the period indicated something was unusual about the bones detected inside the clay head - but could not reveal more. ‘There are skull bones and a small hollow space, which, however, does not correspond to the inner size of the human skull but is much
