The discovery of maenpuh dates back to 2007 when an expedition to Northern Urals took place.

During that expedition the first maenpuh inscriptions were found in abundance.

A small (~2' long and ~1'6" in diameter) larch trunk was purely occassionally found buried among stones.

The trunk had a cavity slotted in it where a number of golden plaques were found interleaved by almost untraceable pieces of animal skin.

The golden plaques are thought to be hammered out from whole nuggets which is suggested by their varying shape and characteristic marks on the flattened surfaces. Presumably these plaques were made by squishing a nugget between two stones and further hammering it with a smaller stone or another hard tool in order to finish the surface.

The largest of the plaques have the size of about 3" x 4", the smallest being 2" x 2".

Both sides of each plaque is covered with clearly visible maenpuh inscriptions. Some plaques have small pictures embedded in the text.

The inscriptions are made with a kind of chisel. Pictures are hand scratched by some sharp tool. The grooves of pictures are shallower and in places have been erased.

Three years of research finally led to publication of maenpuh grammar and dictionary on this site.

It is now clear that the body of texts found on the golden plaques comrises a possibly incomplete array of myths.

The myths are now being prepared to publication. Completed translations are available here.