Saka Princess tomb-chest

The burial site of the high ranking young woman was discovered during reconstruction of the Taskesken- Bakty road in the Urdzhar regionThe Saka Princess headgear and the stone altar are clearly visible left of the skull

The archeologist had to expand the hole to extract the tomb for further study. As a result they discovered that sides of the tomb walls were laid with boulders

Wooden and clay wares were discovered in the tombA stone altar

A golden earring and a possible element of the headgear

The headgear was made of pure gold

She is called Saka Princess because the headgear is similar to the one found with the Golden Man

The tomb was laid with rocks on the outside

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