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Excavation ongoing places tagged “kurgan” in Russia · Mysteria

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Excavation ongoing places tagged “kurgan” in Russia

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🇷🇺 Russia · Tumulus

Tunnug 1 (Arzhan 0) — Frozen Royal Kurgan, Uyuk Valley Tuva

Early Scythian (Arzhan horizon, early Saka, Aldy-Bel–Mongun-Taiga precursor) · Early Scythian (Aldy-Bel / Arzhan, Proto-Saka–Mongun-Taiga)

Late 9th-c BCE frozen royal kurgan (140 x 130 m, 1.8 ha) — earliest Scythian princely tomb in Siberian Valley of the Kings.

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🇷🇺 Russia · Kurgan

Novosvobodnaya (Maïkop Dolmens)

Early Bronze Age; Late Maikop → Novosvobodnaya → Dolmen culture · Maikop → Novosvobodnaya (dolmen phase) → Yamnaya fringe

Late Maïkop–Novosvobodnaya dolmen kurgans (3300–2600 BCE) under kurgan mounds — 5 m slab dolmen with Mesopotamian cylinder seal, bridging Maïkop elite to Yamnaya.