Extraordinary Bronze Age graves unearthed in Siberia: but could there be a macabre explanation?

The ancient mummy of a mysterious young woman, known as the Ukok Princess, is finally returning home to the Altai Republic this month.

Pictured: the gleaming riches no-one was meant to see belonging to an ancient nomad potentate, and his queen...or was she his concubine? 

Aged approximately 45,000 years, this might be the world’s oldest animal statuette.

Unknown ancient people left the newly discovered fantastical creatures hewn of granite in Altai Mountains.

Society’s president Sergei Shoigu - Russian defence minister - even hinted at possibility of cloning during annual meeting.

Dating back 11,000 years - with a coded message left by ancient man from the Mesolithic Age - the Shigir Idol is almost three times as old as the Egyptian pyramids.

Latest sensational breakthrough from ancient remains found in Altai Mountain cave are revealed in Nature scientific journal.