🇨🇦 Canada · Tumulus
Cwm Burial Mound
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Cwm Burial Mound in British Columbia, Canada is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) tumulus attributed to Classical culture.
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Steppe burial mounds heaped over pit graves, from the Caucasus to the Altai.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Tumulus
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Sproxton Ditch Ley Burial Mound in Northern Tigray, Ethiopia is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) tumulus attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇨🇦 Canada · Tumulus
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Cwm Burial Mound in British Columbia, Canada is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) tumulus attributed to Classical culture.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus
Early Saka Semirechye (590 BCE) — Besshatyr central row · Saka Semirechye (Issyk–Besshatyr eastern Saka)
72 m semi-royal central row mound 8 at 640 m: larch chamber 89 gold + burnt outer house, linking south/north dynasty rows.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus
Tasmola Early Saka (8th–6th c BCE) with Korgantas secondary 400 BCE · Tasmola (Tagisken) + Korgantas Karaganda
58 m Tasmola massif annex 6.8 m with 12×14 m enclosure and 6 horse ditch sacrifices — central massif not satellite.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus
Middle Sarmatian · Western Sarmatian (Aorsian fringe)
Isolated Sarmatian priestess kurgan on red marl hill above Uil River: 38 m with stone circle and Levantine beads.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus
Early Saka (Arzhan–Chilikty phase) · Early Saka Chilikty group
Satellite retainer mound 4 km from Shilikty Golden Kurgan: 28-m kromlekh with Arzhan-style panther gold.
🇷🇺 Russia · Tumulus
Middle Bronze Age (Sintashta–Petrovka) · Sintashta (Country of Towns)
40+ Sintashta chariot kurgans (2050–1800 BCE) — earliest spoke-wheeled chariot graves, Indo-Iranian horizon.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus
Late Saka (280 BCE) — Boralday late group · Saka Tigrakhauda late (pre-Wusun transition)
82 m northern apex mound 22 at 820 m: 13 m high with panther foil and Han belt hook — Silk Road import in Boralday crest.
🇷🇺 Russia · Tumulus
Early Scythian (pre-Kelermes to Kelermes phase, 8th–7th c BCE aftermath of Near Eastern campaign) · North Caucasian Scythian–Meotian (Cimmerian substrate + returning Scythian)
Adygean Scythian–Cimmerian kurgans (670–640 BCE) with Assyrian mirror and earliest gold-scabbard akinakes.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus
Late Saka to Wusun transition (180–100 BCE) · Saka late–Wusun transition (Boralday south picket)
5 south picket kurgans 18–26 m spaced 90 m: boundary sentinels with Han silk 140 BCE earliest silk in Kazakhstan.
🇷🇺 Russia · Tumulus
Early Iron Age (Sauromatian to Early Sarmatian) · Sauromatian / Early Sarmatian (Prokhorovka)
40+ Sauromatian–Early Sarmatian kurgans (600–200 BCE) — 'Amazon' female warrior necropolis on Ilek River.
🇲🇳 Mongolia · Tumulus
Early Iron Age (Pazyryk-related) · Chandman / Pazyryk (Uyuk–Chandman)
35 Pazyryk-hybrid kurgans (700–300 BCE) — frozen felt graves on Chandman piedmont.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan
Early Iron Age (Saka Tigrakhauda) · Saka (Central Asian Scythian)
High mountain (2,450 m, 43°13′N 77°05′E) Saka kurgan chain in Tuyuk-Su Gorge, Ile Alatau north slope above Greater Almaty moraine (Issyk Golden Man 43° north same massif).
🇲🇳 Mongolia · Tumulus
Late Bronze to Xiongnu Early Iron · Slab Grave / Xiongnu
30 Slab Grave to Xiongnu re-used kurgans (1300 BCE–150 CE) — Selenge River terrace with Han lacquer.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan
Early Saka (Saka Tigraxauda) · Saka Tigraxauda (Almaty Saka)
Boralday west: 7 Saka mounds 45–72 m extending park 4 km toward Almaty plain.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan
Early Saka Tasmola (6th–5th c. BCE) · Tasmola culture
Besoba terrace satellite: 32-m Tasmola kurgan 340 m south of steppe pyramid mausoleum, Karaganda.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan
Saka (550–400 BCE) · Saka Tigrakhauda / Semirechye Saka
Outlier mound 1.2 km south of Besshatyr core at Shylbyr Gorge mouth (670 m), south sentinel of Besshatyr necropolis.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan
Tasmola to Sarmatian Transition · Tasmola → Sarmatian
Korgantas east: 28-m Tasmola–Sarmatian transitional kurgan 3 km east of type site, Karaganda.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan
Bronze to Iron Age (2500–300 BCE) · Scythian / Saka
Berel — Kurgan 11 Ancillary Timber Chamber (Kazakhstan) in East Kazakhstan, Berel, Kazakhstan is a Bronze to Iron Age (2500–300 BCE) kurgan attributed to S…
🇵🇪 Peru · Tumulus
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Low Burial Mound in Ancash, Peru is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) tumulus attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan
Saka (600–350 BCE) · Semirechye Saka
North terrace row 4.1 km from Ili River right bank delta (605 m) with 6 mounds 18–42 m diam, 2–5 m high linear along terrace scarp (920 m).
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Tumulus
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Priory Pit Tumulus in Somerset, South West England, United Kingdom is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) tumulus attributed to Andean Formative culture.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Tumulus
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Dyke Tula Burial Mound in Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) tumulus attributed to Harappan culture.
🇲🇳 Mongolia · Kurgan
Bronze to Iron Age (2500–300 BCE) · Scythian / Saka
Noin Ula — Kurgan 1 Ancillary Satellite (Mongolia) in Töv, Noin Ula, Mongolia is a Bronze to Iron Age (2500–300 BCE) kurgan attributed to Scythian / Saka. …
