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🇷🇺 Russia · Tumulus

Tagar Kurgans – Minusinsk Basin

Early Iron Age (Tagar, Scythian-type) · Tagar (Scythian-Siberian)

Thousand-strong Tagar kurgan field (800 BCE–100 CE) — Khakas-Minusinsk Scythian-Style horizon.

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus

Karaoba Kurgan Field (West Kazakhstan Sarmatian Steppe)

Early to Middle Sarmatian to Parthian · Western Sarmatian (Aorsian–Alan fringe)

Salt-dome kurgan field 88 km east of Oral: 23 stepped mounds around Permian diapir with Parthian coin.

🇷🇺 Russia · Kurgan

Pazyryk — Kurgan 5 Ancillary Horse Burial (Altai)

Bronze to Iron Age (2500–300 BCE) · Scythian / Saka

Pazyryk — Kurgan 5 Ancillary Horse Burial (Altai) in Altai Republic, Pazyryk, Russia is a Bronze to Iron Age (2500–300 BCE) kurgan attributed to Scythian /…

🇺🇦 Ukraine · Tumulus

Tovsta Mohyla (Tolstaya Mogila) — Royal Scythian Pectoral Kurgan, Pokrov (Ordzhonikidze)

Scythian Late Classical (4th c BCE) · Pontic Scythian (Scythian–Bosporan elite, 4th c BCE)

350 BCE composite kurgan with 1,150-g solid gold Scythian pectoral — queen's unrobbed catacomb at Pokrov-Nikopol.

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus

Boralday Saka Kurgans (Boralday Steppe Necropolis)

Early Saka (Scythian) Iron Age · Saka Tigrakhauda (pointed-hat Sakas)

Saka steppe royal cemetery 28 km from Almaty: 81 kurgans 45-105 m with tigrine gold plaques.

🇷🇺 Russia · Kurgan

Ak-Alakha Plateau Frozen Kurgans (Ukok Extension)

Early Iron Age (Pazyryk) · Pazyryk (Siberian Ice Maiden horizon)

Southern flank of Ukok Plateau World Heritage 768 (2,200 m, 49°21′N 87°30′E) Ak-Alakha River valley palsa permafrost where Molodin 1993 Princess of Ukok site (Ak-Alakha-3) and 6 new kurgans form…

🇺🇦 Ukraine · Tumulus

Solokha Royal Kurgan — Scythian Gold King (Lower Dnieper, Ukraine)

Scythian Classical (4th c BCE, Scytho-Greek contact) · Pontic Scythian (Scythian–Bosporan Greek elite network)

18-m Pontic Scythian royal hill-mound (430–400 BCE) with Greek-Scythian gold comb and 1.4-kg queen diadem.

🇲🇳 Mongolia · Tumulus

Kereksur (Khirigsuur) Field – Arkhangai Plateau

Late Bronze to Early Iron (Mongolian Bronze) · Mongolian Late Bronze pastoralists

80+ Late Bronze khirigsuurs (1400–800 BCE) on Arkhangai plateau — horse-skull cairn field at 1680 m.

🇺🇦 Ukraine · Kurgan

Dereivka (Sredny Stog / Dereivka site)

Eneolithic Chalcolithic; Sredny Stog · Dnieper-Donets → Sredny Stog → Yamnaya

Sredny Stog river village and cemetery (4500–3500 BCE) with Telegin settlement, copper awls and famed Dereivka stallion bit-wear controversy — Yamnaya forerunner.

🇺🇦 Ukraine · Tumulus

Chertomlyk Royal Kurgan — Scythian King Ateas? (Nikopol amphitheatre, Dnipro)

Scythian Late Classical (4th c BCE, Philip II horizon) · Pontic Scythian (kingdom of Ateas / Late Scythian)

20-m, 110-m largest Pontic kurgan (350–325 BCE) — 80 Greek amphorae and gold gorytos, king Ateas candidate.

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus

Besoba Kurgan Mausoleum (Karaganda Steppe Pyramid)

Early Iron Age Tasmola transition · Tasmola–Begazy (Sary-Arka early nomads)

Stepped tetrahedral kurgan southeast of Karaganda: 54-m four-terrace pyramid mound (800 BCE).

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus

Tegisken Kurgan Mausoleum (Aral–Syr Darya Delta)

Late Saka to Kangju · Lower Syr Darya delta culture

Lowest Central Asian kurgan (55 m) on Syr Darya delta: 42-m brick-vault mound with 4-horse sacrifice.

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus

Besshatyr Shylbyr Adjunct North Mound (Besshatyr–Shylbyr Gorge North Entrance)

Early Saka 480 BCE to Wusun 180 CE (gateway reuse) · Saka Semirechye primary; Wusun 180 CE secondary

38 m gorge-gateway sentinel 610 m: 480 BCE + Wusun 180 CE, 6 horse offering pits around base marking Shylbyr gorge mouth.

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus

Taldy-2 Royal Kurgan (Taldy II — Tasmola Arystan)

Early Iron Age (Early Saka, Tasmola, 9th–8th c BCE) · Tasmola early Saka (Central Kazakhstan)

Largest Tasmola mound (60 m, 820–780 BCE) with 430-gold elite couple — contemporary with Arzhan 1.

🇷🇺 Russia · Tumulus

Ulu Kurgan (Bolshoy Kurgan) — Bashkir Steppe Sarmatian Royal Mound (Bashkortostan)

Late Sarmatian (1st c BCE–1st c CE, Prokhorovka to Alan transition) · Late Sarmatian (Bashkir Prokhorovka–Alan transition)

Bashkir steppe Sarmatian chieftain mound (30 BCE–60 CE) 42 m with scale-armour horse and Parthian faience.

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan

Besshatyr Outlier Mound 16 (Shylbyr Adjunct)

Late Saka (post-Besshatyr royal) · Late Saka with Chinese contact

Besshatyr outlier M16: 48-m isolated mound 2.5 km NE with Balbal stela and Chinese mirror, 300 BCE.

🇲🇳 Mongolia · Kurgan

Bayan-Undur Kurgan & Deer Stone Field (Khövsgöl)

Late Bronze to Early Iron (Khirigsuur / Deer Stone-Khirigsuur Complex) · Mongolian Late Bronze pastoral

Steppe-forest ecotone kurgan and deer-stone complex (1,580 m, 46°29′28″N 104°07′07″E 46.4912N 104.1186E Bayan-Öndör) bridging Mongolian Khirigsuur (Late Bronze 1300-700 BCE) and deer stone-khirigsuur…

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan

Tamgaly Tas Kurgan Field (Ili River Terraces)

Late Bronze to Early Iron (Andronovo / Saka) + Turkic · Andronovo / Saka / Turkic

Ili River terrace kurgan field (650 m, 43°56′N 75°32′E 43.93,75.53) downstream from Tamgaly UNESCO rock-art gorge (1145), on second terrace above Ili.

🇷🇺 Russia · Tumulus

Salbyk Extended Kurgan Terrace – Khakassia

Tagar (Scythian-type Early Iron Age) · Tagar

18 Tagar satellite kurgans (700–300 BCE) on Salbyk terrace — hierarchy around Great Salbyk mega-mound.

🇷🇺 Russia · Kurgan

Khokhlach Kurgan (Sarmatian Novocherkassk Hoard)

Early Iron Age; Sarmatian (Middle Sarmatian) Alanic · Scythian → Sarmatian (Sirachi/Alanic)

1st c. CE Sarmatian elite kurgan with Novocherkassk gold hoard — catacomb chamber, gold diadem, Parthian silver and Bosporan imports, Azov Sarmatian apogee.

🇷🇺 Russia · Kurgan

Novosvobodnaya (Maïkop Dolmens)

Early Bronze Age; Late Maikop → Novosvobodnaya → Dolmen culture · Maikop → Novosvobodnaya (dolmen phase) → Yamnaya fringe

Late Maïkop–Novosvobodnaya dolmen kurgans (3300–2600 BCE) under kurgan mounds — 5 m slab dolmen with Mesopotamian cylinder seal, bridging Maïkop elite to Yamnaya.

🇷🇺 Russia · Kurgan

Ostadniy Kurgan (Maykop / Maikop)

Late Chalcolithic → Early Bronze; Maikop period · Darkveti-Meshoko → Maikop (Kuban) → Late Maikop/Novosvobodnaya

Maikop Ostadniy elite kurgan (11 m high, 200 m diam., c.3500 BCE) with gold lions, Mesopotamian seals and Caucasus dolmen context — Uruk–Caucasus Early Bronze elite.

🇨🇦 Canada · Tumulus

Tumulus of Hill Aber

Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman

Tumulus of Hill Aber in British Columbia, Canada is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) tumulus attributed to Roman culture.

🇨🇦 Canada · Tumulus

Pediment Holm Burial Mound

Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative

Pediment Holm Burial Mound in British Columbia, Canada is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) tumulus attributed to Andean Formative culture.

Notable kurgans

Chemurchek culture

Issyk kurgan

Chertomlyk Royal Kurgan — Scythian King Ateas? (Nikopol amphitheatre, Dnipro)

Kyzyl-Bulak South Kurgan (Aktobe Kyzyl-Bulak Red Spring Mound)

Besshatyr Central Row Mound 8 (Besshatyr Row 1 Mound 8, Altyn-Emel)

Kumsay Ridge Kurgans (Aktobe Kumsay Steppe Crests)

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Tagar Kurgans – Minusinsk Basin

Karaoba Kurgan Field (West Kazakhstan Sarmatian Steppe)

Pazyryk — Kurgan 5 Ancillary Horse Burial (Altai)

Tovsta Mohyla (Tolstaya Mogila) — Royal Scythian Pectoral Kurgan, Pokrov (Ordzhonikidze)

Boralday Saka Kurgans (Boralday Steppe Necropolis)

Ak-Alakha Plateau Frozen Kurgans (Ukok Extension)

Solokha Royal Kurgan — Scythian Gold King (Lower Dnieper, Ukraine)

Kereksur (Khirigsuur) Field – Arkhangai Plateau

Dereivka (Sredny Stog / Dereivka site)

Chertomlyk Royal Kurgan — Scythian King Ateas? (Nikopol amphitheatre, Dnipro)

Besoba Kurgan Mausoleum (Karaganda Steppe Pyramid)

Tegisken Kurgan Mausoleum (Aral–Syr Darya Delta)

Besshatyr Shylbyr Adjunct North Mound (Besshatyr–Shylbyr Gorge North Entrance)

Taldy-2 Royal Kurgan (Taldy II — Tasmola Arystan)

Ulu Kurgan (Bolshoy Kurgan) — Bashkir Steppe Sarmatian Royal Mound (Bashkortostan)

Besshatyr Outlier Mound 16 (Shylbyr Adjunct)

Bayan-Undur Kurgan & Deer Stone Field (Khövsgöl)

Tamgaly Tas Kurgan Field (Ili River Terraces)

Salbyk Extended Kurgan Terrace – Khakassia

Khokhlach Kurgan (Sarmatian Novocherkassk Hoard)

Novosvobodnaya (Maïkop Dolmens)

Ostadniy Kurgan (Maykop / Maikop)

Tumulus of Hill Aber

Pediment Holm Burial Mound

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Notable kurgans

Chemurchek culture

Issyk kurgan

Chertomlyk Royal Kurgan — Scythian King Ateas? (Nikopol amphitheatre, Dnipro)

Kyzyl-Bulak South Kurgan (Aktobe Kyzyl-Bulak Red Spring Mound)

Besshatyr Central Row Mound 8 (Besshatyr Row 1 Mound 8, Altyn-Emel)

Kumsay Ridge Kurgans (Aktobe Kumsay Steppe Crests)

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