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🇰🇿Kazakhstan2 🇨🇳China1 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan1

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✓VerifiedUNESCO

🇨🇳 China · Rock art

Zuojiang Huashan Ningming — Luoyue Serpent Cliff

Warring States to Eastern Han (403 BCE – 220 CE) · Luoyue (proto-Zhuang) Boyue culture

Serpent-bend cliff with dragon and drum motifs 8 km upstream from main panel.

✓VerifiedUNESCO

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Rock art

Tamgaly Kungei Ridge Sanctuary — Aiyrtau Sun Shrine

Bronze Age to Turkic (1400 BCE – 800 CE) · Andronovo to Saka to Turkic

Ridgetop with shaman drum and deer-headdress plus Saka kurgans.

✓VerifiedUNESCO

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Rock art

Tamgaly III — Karatau Ridge Petroglyphs

Bronze Age to Turkic (1400 BCE – 900 CE) · Andronovo to Saka-Scythian to Turkic, Chu valley pastoralists

Karatau outlier with 120+ sun-head and deer panels on basalt knolls SW of main gorge.

✓VerifiedUNESCO

🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan · Rock art

Saimaluu-Tash Araköl Lake — Mid-Mountain Boulder Field

Early Iron Age to Karakhanid (800 BCE – 1000 CE) · Saka to Kyrgyz–Karakhanid nomad

Mid-bench tarn with herder and Arabic blessing graffiti 600 m below plateau.