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===Pazyryk-5=== [[File:Pazyryk-5 mummy.jpg|thumb|Pazyryk-5 mummy]] Pazyryk barrow 5 also contained the remains of a Saka chief.<ref name="NK">{{cite journal |last1=Konstantinov |first1=N. |last2=Slyusarenko |first2=I. |last3=Mylnikov |first3=V. |last4=Stepanova |first4=E. |last5=Vasilieva |first5=N. |title= Results of repeated study of the frozen tomb of the Fifth Pazyryk Barrow in the Altai Mountains (Russia): 70 years after first excavations |journal=Archaeological Research in Asia |date=1 December 2022 |volume=32 |pages=1β8 |doi=10.1016/j.ara.2022.100410 |url=https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ara.2022.100410 |issn=2352-2267|url-access=subscription }}</ref> It was excavated by S.I. Rudenko in 1949.<ref name="NK"/> The grave was formed of an inner and an outer log sarcophagus, covered with five layers of logs and a layer of boulders.<ref name="NK"/> The tomb was looted in antiquity, but still contained the enbalmed remains of a man and a women, together with some artifacts, nine horses, either harnessed to chariot or back riding, a disassembled wagon with four large wheels on spokes, and various carpets.<ref name="NK"/> <gallery widths="200px" heights="200px" perrow="4"> File:Hermitage Museum - 2015 Dec - IMG 2127 (r26).jpg|Inner log sarcophagus, Pazyryk-5.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pankova |first1=Svetlana |last2=Simpson |first2=St John |title=Scythians: warriors of ancient Siberia |date=1 January 2017 |page=263, Fig. 150 |url=https://www.academia.edu/34533231}}</ref> File:Pazyryk-5 tattoos.png|Tattoos of the man in Pazyryk-5. He has a large lion design over the left shoulder. File:Hermitage hall 026 - 05.jpg|The wagon, Pazyryk-5 File:Ancient Siberian tapestry, Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg.jpg|Carpet, Pazyryk-5 File:Hermitage hall 026 - 02.jpg|Decorated felt piece, Pazyryk-5 File:Hermitage hall 026 - 03.jpg|Carpet from Pazyryk-5 File:Y1A2617 Hermitage, St. Petersburg (21409212769).jpg|Decorated carpet from Pazyryk-5, of Near-Eastern origin. This is the earliest surviving [[knotted-pile carpet]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pankova |first1=Svetlana |last2=Simpson |first2=St John |title=Scythians: warriors of ancient Siberia |date=1 January 2017 |page=281 |url=https://www.academia.edu/34533231}}</ref> File:Pazyryk-5 carpet, horsemen detail.jpg|Pazyryk-5 carpet, Near-Eastern horsemen detail </gallery>
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