In a baffling discovery a 2,137-year-old woman was uncovered holding what appeared to be an iPhone in her grave under Russia’s answer to Atlantis.

The woman was found after the Ala-Tey necropolis was drained. The reservoir sits near Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam, Russia’s biggest power plant.

The experts think the body belonged to a fashionable young woman who lived in the Hunnu-era (Xiongnu) in rural south Russia.

“Natasha’s’ burial with a Hunnu-era (Xiongnu) iPhone remains one of the most interesting at this burial site. Hers was the only belt decorated with Chinese wuzhu coins, which helped us to date it,” said Dr Pavel Leus, who led the team of archaeologists in 2019, as per Live Science.

The item which looked like an iPhone is thought to be made of black gemstone jet – a type of rock – with inlays of semi-precious stones. It is believed she actually wore the object as a belt buckle.

The strange stone also has extraordinary turquoise and red embellishments. The buckle, around seven by three and a half inches in size, was discovered in the normally submerged “Atlantis necropolis” near the dam.

Archaeologists found similar jet buckles in three nearby graves. The “massive” iPhone-like buckle had holes on the short sides, “with the two round holes on one side for fixing the buckle to the belt and one oval hole on the other side, probably for clasping,” the researchers said. Radiocarbon dating suggested that the grave’s contents dated to between 92 B.C. and A.D. 71.

The region is Tuva, a largely mountainous sprawl of beautiful countryside – a holiday spot frequented regularly by Vladimir Putin.

Other graves of prehistoric civilisations dating from the Bronze Age to the time of Genghis Khan are located in the area. Two more partly-mummified prehistoric fashionistas – buried with the tools of their trade – were unearthed in 2019.

Dr Marina Kilunovskaya from the St Petersburg Institute of Material History Culture, who leads the Tuva Archeological Expedition, said: “This site is a scientific sensation.

“We are incredibly lucky to have found these burials of rich Hun nomads that were not disturbed by (ancient) grave robbers.”

Scientists admit they are in a race against time to examine the sites and save priceless treasures from damage by water under Russia’s Atlantis.

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