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Tamgaly II — Kungei Gorge Petroglyphs
Bronze Age to Turkic · Andronovo-Fedorovo, Saka, Turkic
Kungei secondary gorge 800 m north of Tamgaly UNESCO site with 400 Middle Bronze sun-head petroglyphs.
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Tamgaly II South Terrace Petroglyphs
Bronze Age to Early Nomadic · Andronovo-Fedorovo, Saka, Turkic
South terrace 600 m south of Tamgaly UNESCO core with Late Bronze chariot stratigraphy.
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Tamgaly-Tas II — Ili River South Bank Petroglyphs
Iron Age to Early Modern · Saka (Scythian), Dzungar Oirat Mongol, Kazakh
Ili River south bank continuation of 17th-century Tamgaly-Tas Buddhist carvings with Saka animal style underneath.
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Tamgaly Tas — Ili River Buddhist Petroglyphs
Iron Age to Early Modern (1000 BCE – 18th c. CE) · Saka (Scythian), Wusun, Turkic, Oirat-Dzungar Tibetan Buddhist
Ili granite cliff with 1677 Tibetan Bodhisattvas and Saka-Turkic palimpsest.
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Tamgaly II Central Gorge Petroglyphs
Late Bronze Age to Early Medieval · Andronovo, Saka, Wusun, Turkic
Central tributary gorge of the Tamgaly (Tanbaly) UNESCO landscape 170 km NW Almaty, comprising 4.5 km of northwest-facing Chu-Ili schist panels with ~800 engravings.
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Tamgaly-Tas III Upper Terrace Ili Petroglyphs
Early Nomadic · Saka, Wusun, Kangju
Upper second terrace 500 m inland with Saka animal style settlement context.
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Tamgaly-Tas II South Bend Ili Petroglyphs
Late Bronze to Tibetan Buddhism · Andronovo, Turkic Kipchak, Oirat-Mongol Buddhist
South bend of Ili River 400 m south of main Tamgaly-Tas Buddha triad with vertical palimpsest.
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Tamgaly-Tas II Upper Cliff Petroglyphs
Late Bronze to Dzungar · Wusun, Turkic, Mongol-Oirat, Tibetan Buddhist
Upper limestone cliff 35 m above the Ili left bank at Tamgaly-Tas (Kapchagai), 800 m upstream from the famous 17th-century Tibetan Buddhist panels.
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Tamgaly-Tas II Ili River Bend North Petroglyphs
Bronze Age to Oirat · Andronovo, Saka, Wusun, Oirat
North river-bend schist slabs at the Kurta confluence on the Ili, 1.2 km north of the main Tamgaly-Tas Buddha, comprising 90 panels on flood-scoured boulders and low cliff.
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Tamgaly Petroglyphs
Bronze Age to early nomadic (~2000 BCE – 1000 CE) · Andronovo, Karasuk, Saka and Turkic nomadic
Arid gorge in the Chu-Ili massif preserving five major groups with over 5,000 petroglyphs, famed for anthropomorphic sun-headed figures up to 80 cm tall with rayed haloes.
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Tamgaly II North Outcrop Petroglyphs
Late Bronze to Saka-Wusun · Andronovo, Saka, Wusun
Isolated granite outcrop 600 m north of Tamgaly Main Gorge, a whale-backed ridge exposing 22 vertical panels with 180+ peckings contrasting valley-floor schist.