Tamgaly
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UNESCO world heritage 
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| National territory: |
 Kazakhstan
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| Type: | Culture |
| Criteria : | III |
| Reference No .: | 1145 |
| UNESCO region : | Asia and Pacific |
| History of enrollment | |
| Enrollment: | 2004 (session 28) |
Tamgaly is a location with petroglyphs in the Chu-Ili Mountains , 120 km northwest of the city of Almaty (Alma-Ata) in eastern Kazakhstan .
About 5,000 rock carvings were discovered there in a total of 48 groups that belong to the Middle and Late Bronze Age , earlier nomadic epochs and the Turkish period. They date from the second half of the second millennium BC to the beginning of the 20th century. There are also a large number of ancient graves , cult sites and probably altars .
In addition to depictions of people, including "sun people", there are mainly (mythological) animal drawings (including horses , camels , wolves , deer , ibexes and bulls ).
Since 2004, 900 hectares of Tamgaly have been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site (plus 2900 hectares of buffer zone ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Luc Hermann, the petroglyphs of Tamgaly in Kazakhstan, Paris, 2011 http://www.bod.fr/index.php?id=1786&objk_id=498624
Web links
- Entry on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website ( English and French ).
- Petrogliphs of Semirechye (Eng.)
Cultural heritage: Mausoleum of Hodja Ahmad Yasawi (2003) | Petroglyphs from the Tamgaly archaeological site (2003) | Silk Roads: The Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor Road Network (2014)
Natural heritage: Saryarka steppe and lakes of Northern Kazakhstan (2008) | Western Tian Shan Mountains (2016)
Coordinates: 43 ° 48 ′ 12 ″ N , 75 ° 32 ′ 6 ″ E