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Petroglyphs in Kazakhstan matching “Steppe” · Mysteria

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Petroglyphs in Kazakhstan matching “Steppe”

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🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Rock art

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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🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Rock art

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.