Archaeologists in Russia uncovered mummies with ornate skin tattooing, according to Ancient Origins.

The mummies were family members of the Pazyryk tribe that lived in the mountains of Siberia during the Iron Age (600-300 BC). The tribe was nomadic and rode horses to trade wares with merchants in Persia, India and China, according to Ancient Origins.

Bodies and artifacts were preserved by water that seeped into the tomb and froze into a block of ice. The most famous of the remains are the remains of the "Ice Maiden," according to Ancient Origins. "Altai Maiden," also known as Princess Ukok, was buried ceremoniously with six horses, a meal and (some say) a container of marijuana, according to the International Business Times. The 25-year-old had a shaved head covered with a wig and headdress and her cosmetics bag laid nearby, according to The Siberian Times.

Her tattoos depict various animals and mythical beasts that appear to have been made with small needles that the tribe used for embroidery, but researchers are not certain what kind of technology was used, according to Ancient Origins. Researchers think that ancient tattoos indicated a person's place in society and these recently discovered tattoos are said to be the most involved designs ever found on an ancient body.

A second set of remains were also found. The body is believed to be a Pazyryk chief about 50 years old at the time of his death. Depictions on the chief's body include a donkey, a ram, two deer and two beasts that appear to be griffins. There were also a few small circles near the chief's spine, which researchers surmise were therapeutic.

The Ice Maiden's body is on display in the Anokhin museum, Gorno-Altaisk, but some locals want the 2,500-year-old mummy reburied. "Naked and defenseless, Ooch-Bala is freezing from inexplicable shame," a shaman representative said, according to The Siberian Times.

Many villagers in the Altai Mountains that border Kazakhstan and Mongolia blame recent natural disasters on the body's disturbance, as some believe the princess' body provided a barrier between the afterlife and this world.

"Today, we honor the sacred beliefs of our ancestors like three millennia ago," said one elder, according to The Siberian Times. "We have been burying people according to Scythian traditions. We want respect for our traditions."