Natalia Polosmak

Natalia Polosmak

Natalia Victorovna Polosmak (Russian: Наталья Викторовна Полосьмак; born 12 September 1956) is a Russian archaeologist specialising in the Eurasian nomads, especially those known as the Pazyryk, an ancient people who lived in the Altay Mountains in Siberian Russia. She is best known for her finding of the Ice Maiden mummy which now is at the center of an ethnic political debate between Russian scientists and the local Altay people.