Russia’s defence minister has taken time out from massing troops on Ukraine’s borders to unveil a ‘Dolly the Sheep’ cloning dream involving ancient royal warriors and their prize horses using DNA preserved in permafrost.
Sergei Shoigu – one of Vladimir Putin’s closest allies – spoke about the potential of the extraordinary 3,000-year-old Scythian burials in Tuva, his mountainous native republic in Siberia.
The ancient Tunnug burial site of nomadic warriors – often laid to rest with their horses – is in an area known as the Valley of the Kings in Tuva.
When Shoigu, 65, initiated the Russian-Swiss archeological digs here three years ago a modern-day shaman was even drafted in by scientists to ensure the excavations did not anger the spirits.
The defence chief told a session of the Russian Geographical Society, also attended remotely by Putin, on Wednesday: ‘Of course, we would like very much to find the organic matter.’
He was referring to well-preserved remains of ancient people and animals, explained TASS.
‘I believe you understand what would follow that,’ said Shoigu in a broadcast by Zvezda TV.
‘It would be possible to make something of it, if not Dolly the Sheep.’
He added, without explaining more of planned genomic research that ‘in general, it will be very interesting’.
The burials were in permafrost and according to scientists, organic matter should be preserved there.
‘We have conducted several expeditions there already, it is a big international expedition.
‘A lot of things have been confirmed, but a lot remains to be done.’
Shoigu has been in the limelight in recent days spearheading Russia’s build up of almost 100,000 troops close to Ukraine, triggering fears of a new war – but at this session he spoke about more ancient warriors.
The burial is among the earlier Scythian remains.
Greek historian Herodotus in the fifth century BC claimed the Scythians made cloaks from their victims’ scalps after victory.
The savage warriors are believed to have used their enemies’ skulls as drinking cups.
Legend says they drank the blood of their vanquished foes.
The valley contains so-called ‘tsar’ mounds from the Scythian era.
It is not the first time Shoigu has spoken about finding ‘organic’ matter which can be investigated by scientists for DNA.
While exciting remains have been found, there are still hopes to dig deeper into the mounds and find remains similar to a tattooed princess discovered in a mound in Siberia’s Altai Mountains.
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the phuk we care, we’re transhuman already. Humankind can go to hell.
Not the most sinister Russian plot, not by a longshot!
This was published 6 years ago
Russian analyst urges nuclear attack on Yellowstone National Park and San Andreas fault line
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The president of the Academy of Geopolitical Problems based in Moscow, Konstantin Sivkov said,
“Geologists believe that the Yellowstone supervolcano could explode at any moment. There are signs of growing activity there. Therefore it suffices to push the relatively small, for example the impact of the munition megaton class to initiate an eruption. The consequences will be catastrophic for the United States – a country just disappears,” he said.
I’m willing to sacrifice the US to save mankind. US is the single most noxious country in history, for pushing its liberal propaganda on the rest of us.
The USA is willing to sacrifice the world to save itself.