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The Face of the Ukok Princess (Artistic Reconstruction)

Buried in the Ukok Plateau near the border of China in the 5th century BC and found in 1993, this "Siberian Ice Maiden" or "Ukok Princess" died in her early 20's, emaciated and sickly from what scientists have determined to be an advanced progression of breast cancer in addition to a preexisting case of osteomyelitis, which caused random bones in her body to become infected and painful. Her clan, the Pazyryk, treated her with great care and reverence throughout her sufferings, never abandoning her to her illness as she traveled with them. A severe fall, probably from her horse, damaged her right temple, shoulder, and dislocated her hip which left her bedridden until her death a month or two later. Though it seemed she was not directly of royal status, she was nonetheless buried in a style which would be considered worthy of royalty. It has been conjectured since that the Ukok Maiden in her illness was regarded as a female Shaman, and the altered state of mind and consciousness caused by the various herbs and opioids used to treat her pain perhaps were seen by her people to grant her special powers and visions. The now famous and often copied mythical creatures tattooed upon her arms and hands give weight to this theory. ARTIST NOTES: The Pazyryk people have some genetic ties to Asia, however remote, and there are hints of this in the bone structure and culture. As the Pazyryks have since been classified as being of Scythian origin, which includes Eurasian (specifically Iranian) DNA, their physical description (depending on who you ask) tends to lean toward hair with a reddish hue and grey eyes, though as they traveled and mingled more instances of blonde hair and blue or green eyes appeared. It's noteworthy that there is a greater prevalance of Asian DNA spreading toward the West into Europe, but not as much from Europe to Asia. I opted, then for hair that was neither black nor blonde, and eyes that were neither dark nor light. The Ukok mummy's head was shaved before burial so there were no clues to her natural shade among the artifacts in her coffin. Ultimately, I opted to portray the Ukok princess in her more emaciated state, as her bone disease seems to have predated her cancer and that she may very well have been taking pain killing herbs for some years just for that, the side effects of which could have made her ill in ways that might have made eating unappealing or unpleasant. **I am aware of the two separate reconstructions of the Ukok Maiden's face (one by D. Pozdnyakov and the other by Marcel Nyffenegger), both of which share general agreement in proportion though the interpretation of the overall look is very different, particularly in the shape of the chin and mouth. With my own reconstruction thrown into the mix, I daresay between the three reconstructions her true appearance resides.