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2,100 Year Old 'iPhone' Found in Young Woman's Grave
Remarkable 2,100 Year Old 'iPhone' Found Deep in Young Woman's Grave
The mysterious object, which resembles an iPhone, is a black gemstone jet - a type of lignite - and has inlays of semi-precious stones, and was found near the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam, Russia
Daily Mirror UK, 10 Sep 2019.
A remarkable 2,137-year-old object - said to resemble an "iPhone" - has been dug from a grave of a young woman.
The structure is made of black gemstone jet - a type of lignite - with inlays of semi-precious stones.
It was found after the Ala-Tey necropolis, a reservoir near Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam, Russia's biggest power plant, was drained.
Experts say the deceased was a fashionable young woman who lived in the Hunnu-era (Xiongnu) in rural south Russia. It is believed she actually wore the object as a belt buckle.
"Natasha’s’ burial with a Hunnu-era (Xiongnu) iPhone remains one of the most interesting at this burial site.
"Hers was the only belt decorated with Chinese wuzhu coins which helped us to date it," said Dr Pavel Leus, who led the team of archaeologists in the summer.
Archaeologists were in awe to find a 2,100-year-old object in a grave (Image: IHMC RAS/Pavel Leus)
The tomb was found after a reservoir drained and was moved to investigate
Photos of the accessory capture its extraordinary turquoise and red inlays.
The buckle, around seven by three and a half inches in size, was discovered in the normally submerged "Atlantis necropolis" near the dam.
The region is Tuva, a largely mountainous sprawl of beautiful countryside - a holiday spot frequented regularly by Vladimir Putin.
Other graves of prehistoric civilisations dating from the Bronze Age to the time of Genghis Khan are located in the area.
Two more partly-mummified prehistoric fashionistas - buried with the tools of their trade - were unearthed earlier this year.
It is understood the object was used as a belt buckle (Image: IHMC RAS/Pavel Leus)
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