Mummies With Copper Masks Pose a Mystery in Siberia

Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - 13:32 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Why were copper-masked mummies buried in shallow graves in the wastes of Siberia, just shy of the Arctic Circle? Why were they laid to rest alongside 11th-century bronze bowls from Persia, about 3,700 miles (6,000 kilometers) to the southwest? And why were their skulls smashed in?

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