Russian scientists want to CLONE 3,000-year-old Siberian warriors and their horses after grave find
Charlotte Edwards, Digital Technology and Science Reporter
Apr 22 2021, 11:52 ET
Updated: Apr 22 2021, 12:57 ET
RUSSIA S defence minister has revealed his desire to clone ancient royal warriors found in a grave in Siberia.
Sergei Shoigu also said he d like to clone the horses found at the 3000-year-old Scythian burial site in the Russian republic of Tuva.
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A close friend of Vladmir Putin thinks the warriors should be clonedCredit: Alexey Mikhailov/RGO
The Scythians were nomads who lived in Central Asia, Eastern Europe and parts of South Asia between the 7th century BC and the 3rd century AD.
Russian Geographical Society hopes to obtain genetic material from ancient Scythian burial
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Societyâs president Sergei Shoigu - Russian defence minister - even hinted at possibility of cloning during annual meeting.
Shamans performed a rite to bless the start of excavation at the ancient Tunnug burial mound. Picture: Alexey Mikhailov/RGS
‘Very keen to find organic matter. I think you understand what might follow - if not for Dolly the sheep, it would be possible to make something out of it’, Sergey Shoigu, 66 said in a somewhat bizarre statement during 14 April’s board meeting.
The interest to discover organic matter referred to the Tunnug burial mound in the Valley of the Kings, Republic of Tuva, where excavations started in summer 2018.