Tumuli in Kazakhstan

Mysteria

Tumuli in Kazakhstan · Mysteria

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan

Aktobe Besoba Terrace Kurgan (Karaganda Steppe Pyramid)

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

Besshatyr Shylbyr Gorge South Mound (Gorge Mouth South Sentinel)

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

Korgantas East Kurgan (Korgantas Ridge East Satellite)

Tasmola to Sarmatian Transition · Tasmola → Sarmatian

Korgantas east: 28-m Tasmola–Sarmatian transitional kurgan 3 km east of type site, Karaganda.

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan

Besshatyr Ili River Terrace North Mounds (Ili Delta North Terrace)

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).

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Archaeological wonder

Berel Kurgans

Scythian Pazyryk phase (~400–250 BCE) · Saka/Pazyryk (East Kazakh nomadic)

Seventy burial mounds in the Bukhtarma valley of the Altai where Canadian–Kazakh teams uncovered horse sacrifices wearing antlered ibex-horn masks transforming them into griffins.

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus

Saryarka Khirigsuur Field

Late Bronze Age, Saryarka khirigsuur 1400-800 BCE · Andronovo to Deer Stone-Khirigsuur transitional

35 Bronze Age khirigsuurs (1400-800 BCE) on Saryarka steppe, westernmost Deer Stone-Khirigsuur province 1500 km west of Mongolia.

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus

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

Early Sarmatian Iron Age (450–350 BCE) with Hun reuse 410 CE · Sarmatian Aktobe–Uil (eastern Sarmatian) with Hun secondary

Kyzyl-Bulak Sarmatian mound 68 m diam 8.2 m with torc 340 g and ditch 22 m on Uil divide 142 km south of Aktobe.

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus

Zhetytobe Kurgan Necropolis (Turkestan Ridge – Ancient Asativ)

Early to Middle Saka · Saka of the eastern Aral–Karatau

Seven-hills ridge with 7 giant kurgans 42-72 m plus 14 satellites: Saka necropolis above Sozak oasis.

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus

Kumsay Ridge Kurgans (Aktobe Kumsay Steppe Crests)

Early to Middle Sarmatian (550–350 BCE) · Sauromatian to Sarmatian Kobda ridge (Uil–Khobda interfluve)

7 Sarmatian ridge kurgans 22–48 m linear 12 km crest: mirror bronze and gold child burial — winter pasture beacon.

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus

Korgantas South Ridge Satellite Kurgan (Korgantas South Ridge Cluster)

Korgantas transition (420–340 BCE) Saka to Hun · Korgantas (post-Tasmola) Karkaraly south ridge

4 Korgantas satellites 16–28 m south ridge 890 m with antenna 18 m and side-niche catacomb — Nura watershed sentinels.

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus

Shilikty South Rock Overhang Kurgan (Shilikty Southern Granite Overhang Field)

Early Saka Shilikty southern overhang (650–580 BCE) · Saka southern Shilikty granite spur

3 rock-shelter kurgans beneath 12 m granite overhang: talus gneiss chamber 5.8 m spall mound with mirror 18 cm 610 BCE.

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus

Shilikty Central Terrace Kurgan (Shilikty Chilikty Middle Terrace Royal)

Early Saka (Arzhan–Shilikty 800–700 BCE) — Shilikty middle terrace · Saka of eastern Kazakhstan (Mayemer–Shilikty)

68 m middle terrace royal 730 BCE: 13 horse western compartment and 432 eagle-griffin plaques including stag 22 cm.

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus

Syntas Kurgan Field (Aktobe Sarmatian Ridge)

Early Sarmatian (Sauromatian) · Sarmatian (eastern Ural–Aral)

Sarmatian ridge cemetery 38 km from Aktobe: 17 mounds with Greek kylix sherd and eagle gold.

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus

Besshatyr Royal Necropolis (Royal Mound 6 — Altyn-Emel, Semirechye)

Early Iron Age (Saka, 600–400 BCE) · Saka of Semirechye (Issyk–Besshatyr, eastern Saka)

31-mound Saka royal necropolis (600–400 BCE) — Ili River's 'Five Tents' with 105-m royal mound and log house.

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan

Taksai Royal Kurgans (West Kazakhstan)

Early Iron Age (Sarmatian / Sauromatian) · Sarmatian (Sauromatian)

Twin royal Sarmatian kurgans (85 m asl, 51°11′48″N 52°10′37″E per 51.196575N 52.176884E) on the Ural-Mugodzhar steppe east of Ural River.

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus

Kyrykoba Kurgan Field — Sarmatian Royal Cemetery (Aktobe, West Kazakhstan)

Early to Middle Sarmatian (Sauromatian–Early Sarmatian, 500–350 BCE) · Sauromatian–Early Sarmatian (Prokhorovka transitional)

40+ Sarmatian royal mounds (5th–4th c BCE) with 820-g gold torque and Amazon warrior — West Kazakh Ural steppe.

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan

Besshatyr South Row Kurgans (Besshatyr Southern Alignment)

Early Saka (Tiglaxaus vs Saka Tigraxauda) · Saka (Saka Tigraxauda) royal

Besshatyr south row: 6 royal kurgans (52–78 m) 500 m south of northern royal row, Altyn-Emel.

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan

Aktobe Zhirenkopa Tört Oba Kurgans (Tört Oba Four Mounds West Aktobe)

Early Sarmatian (500–300 BCE) · Early Sarmatian / Aorsi

Tört Oba (‘Four Mounds’) group near Zhirenkopa village at northwest Aktobe Oblast threshold to Orenburg steppe (145 m), studied by Samashev 2010.

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan

Karaoba Extended Kurgan Field (Karaoba Ridge West Chain)

Middle to Late Sarmatian · Late Sarmatian

Karaoba west: 7 chalk-marl kurgans extending field N-S 1.8 km toward Caspian lowland.

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan

Syntas West Kurgan Field (Aktobe Sarmatian Ridge West)

Early Sarmatian (Sauromatian) · Sauromatian–Early Sarmatian

Syntas west: 9 Sarmatian kurgans on Aktobe ridge crest with deer-stone stelae.

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus

Boralday East Ili Piedmont Outlier Kurgans (Ili Piedmont East Satellite)

Saka (500–250 BCE) · Saka Tigrakhauda

Eastern outliers 8 km east of Boralday Archaeological Park (790 m) on Ili piedmont steppe toward Ili River branch. Six mounds 28–62 m diam, 3–7 m high with ditch rings (22–48 m) visible on satellite.

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan