Tamgaly
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| Petroglyphs within the Archaeological Landscape of Tamgaly * | |
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 Petroglyphs of Tamgaly, Kazakhstan |
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| Country | Kazakhstan |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | iii |
| Reference | 1145 |
| Region ** | Asia-Pacific |
| Inscription history | |
| Inscription | 2004 (28th Session) |
| * Name as inscribed on World Heritage List ** Region as classified by UNESCO |
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Tamgaly is a petroglyph site in the Semirechye, Kazakhstan. Tamgaly is located 120 km to northwest of Almaty. The majority of the 5000 petroglyphs are in the main canyon, but there are a number in the many side canyons. The petroglyphs are mostly Bronze Age, but in some cases from the Iron Age and the Medieval.[1]
The name Tamgaly in Kazakh and other Turkic languages means "painted or marked place".
Tamgaly became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004. (See List of World Heritage Sites in Kazakhstan)
[edit] References
- ^ Luc Hermann, die Petroglyphen von Tamgaly in Kasachstan, Paris, 2011 http://www.bod.fr/index.php?id=1786&objk_id=498624
[edit] External links
- "Petroglyphs within the Archaeological Landscape of Tamgaly" UNESCO
- Goryachev, A. A. and Mariyashev, A. N. (2000) "Petrogliphs of Semirechye";
- "Semirechye Petroglifleri", in Turkish, from WebArchive;
Coordinates: 43°48′10″N 75°32′06″E / 43.80275°N 75.53495°E
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