Scientists have restored the appearance of the Scythian "king" and "queen"

Scientists from the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology named after. N. N. Miklouho-Maclay RAS restored the appearance of the Scythian

"king" and "queen" who lived in the second half of the 7th century BC.

The remains of two people, representatives of the nomadic nobility, who were conventionally nicknamed “the king” and “the queen,” were found on the territory of the Arzhan-2 monument. This mound is located in the Republic of Tyva.

Near the two buried people they found manygold and artifacts. Scientists found that the buried belonged to a group combining characteristics of the Caucasian and Mongoloid races. Both men and women had relatively short and wide heads.

The sculptural portraits of the "king" and "queen" look like this: