Scythian tattoo

Scythian Deer Tattoo 1, handmade drawing inspired by the tattoo found on the Siberian Ice Princess by Sheridon Rayment. I adore Scythian Art. This drawing was inspired by the beautiful deer tattoo on the Ice Princess's shoulder created by a Pazyryk artist, these ornate tattoos are thousands of years old, the oldest tattoos in the world. The Ice Princess in an Ice Mummy, she was found frozen in a burial tomb, she was a member of the Pazyryk people of the Altai Mountain region in Siberia.

2,500 year old "Siberian Princess" mummy, all tatted out

Pazyryk mummy tattoo In my post "Reindeer Goddess, Axis Mundi, & Axis Shifts" I began my journey to blog my findings regarding a reindeer goddess. Since then, I have come across reports of amazing finds throughout the EurAsian Steppes. The first picture on this page is a copy of a tattoo on the shoulder of a well preserved female mummy found by archeologist Natalia Polos'mak in a kurgan in Pazyryk. Discovered in 1995, 7,500 feet above sea level, the mummy was named the Ice Princess or The…

Tattoos and artifacts associated with the Pazyryk "Ice Maiden" tomb.

Scythian design motifs

Horse - traditional motive of Scythian art Twisted Horse in Scythian tattoo style

“This blog post takes a closer look at some modern interpretations of these 2,500-year-old tattoos #Scythians https://t.co/2U5jeTRqJA”