Dating back 40,000 years to the Denisovan species of early humans, new pictures show beauty and craftsmanship of prehistoric jewellery.

The president warns that the US and EU want to defang the Russian bear.

Eyecatching belt buckles worn by Xiongnu female invaders is found buried on the banks of the Yenesei River in modern-day Tuva Republic.

The ancient mummy of a mysterious young woman, known as the Ukok Princess, is finally returning home to the Altai Republic this month.

Pictured: the gleaming riches no-one was meant to see belonging to an ancient nomad potentate, and his queen...or was she his concubine? 

Mystery how the bronze dancer, his arms raised in an ecstatic trance, reached modern-day Novosibirsk region.

Twice as old as the Egyptian Pyramids, samples of the Shigir Idol are sent to Germany for testing.

German scientists 'took samples abroad for analysis' which were 'illegally obtained' from famous Shigir Idol.

Remains of suspected female of Turkik origin found in at an altitude of 2,803 metres in the Altai Mountains.

The find, as old as Christ, is the latest treasure from the sacred and mysterious site of Ust-Polui in Salekhard, say experts.