Posted on 08/30/2007 10:04:09 AM PDT by blam
Graves of Ancient Russian Rulers Discovered at Altai
30.08.2007
Rurik, legendary Russian ruler
Archeologsts have recently discovered graves of ancient Russian family of Ruriks (“Rurik” means “famous ruler”) in the town of Zmeinogorsk, reports famous Russian historian.
The discovery was totally unexpected – fellows of local historical centre have taken children from historical society to perform diggings on the city’s cemetery, and among other pre-revolutionary burials they found graves of Ruriks.
Now scientists start enormous research – they are going to identify the graves and bodies in them.
Ruriks?...ruh-roh!....
“fellows of local historical centre have taken children from historical society to perform diggings on the city’s cemetery”
Is this a Russian custom, taking kids to dig in the cemetary?
Izyaslav, Yaroslav, Mstyslav?.........and Goldislav........
Thank you for the post. Extremely interesting.
I hope they are able to get some DNA.
Probably R1a.
Migration From Ice Age Refuge 12,000 Years Ago. My DNA is R1b & 'V'.
Thank you for those links. I will get to them later this afternoon.
I admit ignorance. What is R1a? You will add to my knowledge for which I will be grateful.
Thank you for that link. I will study it later today.
You've probably read the book ("Seven Daughters Of Eve") that all Europeans are descended from only seven women (one more has been found, now it's eight) and this is determined by checking the mtDNA which is passed on only by women. It's similar with the men except they pass on only yDNA...see the below link for more detail on the yDNA.
YDNA Haplogroup Descriptions & Information Links
"R1a: The R1a lineage is believed to have originated in the Eurasian Steppes north of the Black and Caspian Seas. This lineage is believed to have originated in a population of the Kurgan culture, known for the domestication of the horse (approximately 3000 B.C.E.). These people were also believed to be the first speakers of the Indo-European language group. This lineage is currently found in central and western Asia, India, and in Slavic populations of Eastern Europe."
The remains were found in strangely figured cubes.
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