“Now we are carefully unwrapping the body and once this is complete the specialists will be able to say more precisely about the gender,” Sukhbaatar added.
However, some media outlets and people on social media claimed the shoes looked modern.
“We can see clearly that the horse was deliberately sacrificed. It was a mare, between four and eight years old. Four coats we found were made of cotton,” Sukhbaatar said, adding: “This is a very rare phenomenon. These finds show us the beliefs and rituals of Turkiks.”
Based on the items found in the cave, researchers dated the mummy back to the 6th century AD.
