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Ian Frazier

Up-close laboratory pictures of ancient mummy as scientists recreate his life and times

Probes taken by South Korean experts will reveal lifestyle of this Arctic boy from 800 years ago.

Archeologists find 1,500 years old mummy in Mongolia

Who was the 'phantom girl' in these 110-year-old photographs?

Up-close laboratory pictures of ancient mummy as scientists recreate his life and times

Archeologists find 1,500 years old mummy in Mongolia

Who was the 'phantom girl' in these 110-year-old photographs?

Siberian grandmother is the oldest person to climb Mount Kilimanjaro

Whiskers still bristling after more than 12,000 years in the Siberian cold 

Siberian babushka aged 86 becomes the oldest person to climb Mount Kilimanjaro

After 126,000 years, steppe mammoth emerges to show off his giant tusks

Sasha, the world's only baby woolly rhino, is 34,000 years old, say scientists

One year on, Mowgli girl Karina 'totally recovered'

'Mummy of a child warrior from 'lost medieval civilisation'

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World’s coldest marathon at blistering minus 53C is complete in Yakutia
Local runner Vasily Lukin won the full distance in 3 hours, 22 minutes.
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Treasure trove of Palaeolithic jewellery, made at least 45,000 years ago, found in the Denisova Cav

Archeologists discovered a new stone bracelet, two sharp pins, a marble ring and fox tooth pendants.

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Photographer captures eerie graveyard of North Korean schooners scattered along the Russian coast
Ghost flotilla is the only memorial to dozens of North Korean squid poachers who never returned to their home waters.
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Features

Wonder girl Karina Chikitova, 11, wins place at world’s northernmost professional ballet school

Karina became the symbol of resilience and hope when - aged only 4 - she survived 12 days in taiga of Yakutia.

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Permafrost is ablaze with hundreds of wildfires in world’s coldest region

Lena Pillars, a World Heritage Site, hit by the rampant flames, as calls grow for greater efforts to tackle infernos.

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Unique 2,000-year-old statuette of dancing man, likely made in Northern India, dug up in Siberia

Mystery how the bronze dancer, his arms raised in an ecstatic trance, reached modern-day Novosibirsk region.

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Sent to Siberia

Rookie FSB agents are punished for 'indecent' graduation jinx in Moscow
Gelandewagen parade videos leads to 'career change' as Russia demands highest standards from secret servicemen.

Born in Siberia

Up-close laboratory pictures of ancient mummy as scientists recreate his life and times
Probes taken by South Korean experts will reveal lifestyle of this Arctic boy from 800 years ago.

Voice of Siberia

Siberians mark end of the snow season with swimsuit skiing day
Locals undress to impress at resorts across four time zones.

We say

Lake Baikal 'holds key to new advances in antibiotics'
Scientists make crucial new discoveries of bacteria, up to 30 million years old.

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