Archaeologists from Khovd Museum in Mongolia have discovered a unique mummy makes many netizens astonished. What was the reason? When it found, the mummy wearing 'Adidas' shoes.
The mummified remains were found at the height of 2,803 meters (9,196 feet) up in Mongolia’s Altai Mountains. The mummy, thought to be a native Turkic female, is estimated to be over 1,500 years old. Its discovery was prompted after local herdsmen stumbled across the grave and alerted the Khovd Museum.
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| "Style is eternal," they say. In light of that wisdom, people have been pointing out the resemblance of this recently discovered ancient mummy’s shoes to a pair of Adidas trainers, complete with their iconic stripes. Yes, it's even prompted numerous jokes of "time travel." (Picture from: http://adf.ly/1ZYpFO) |
From the tomb as deep as 3 meters where the mummy is residing, were also found to saddle, bridle, clay vases, wooden bowls, iron teapots, and the bones of a horse. The most interesting was a pair of shoes that wore by the mummy. At a glance, the shoes shown the 'three stripes' of the iconic brand of the German's shoe manufacturer Adidas, and instantly make the archaeologists astonished.
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| A female mummified hand of the ancient Turkic tribe at the Khovd Museum, Mongolia. (Picture from: http://adf.ly/1ZYpDz) |
Many netizens who are shared the photo of the mummy leg on the Internet, and many of them speculate or wondered if the mummy in her lifetime was a woman who came from the future and travelled into the past or known as the time traveller. How could it be? What do you think?
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| Goods that were buried along with the mummy. (Picture from: http://adf.ly/1ZYpDz) |
Apart from the 'conspiracy theory' of the Adidas shoes, and that surely the mummy is the discovery of the first tomb of the ancient Turkic nations in Central Asia. This tribe is known lived in the area that is now called the Mongolia since 600 years before Christ.
Archaeologists hope, they could study the beliefs and burial rituals of the ancient Turkic culture in the past. Especially about the sacrifices are being included in burial rituals, such as the horse that buried along with the woman who wore the Adidas shoes. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | IFLSCIENCE]
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