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.

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”

Well I'm off to Russia again and was inspired to do a blog on the Scythian mummies and their tattoos... however I didn't get very far. I'll try to add more text later... but until then here is a little peak :-) Enjoy! Mummy from the Hermitage He was uncovered back in the 40s, however his tattoos were discovered only in the last decade due to laser photography Some of his tattoos The Scythian King Mummy tattoos from the Hermitage Close up of one of the tattoos My version of the same tattoo…

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