Megalithic Portal: Latest from Kazakhstan

Berel Burial Mounds

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 18:42:08 GMT

]]>"Nomads and Networks" Exhibition now on show at Washington DC's Freer Gallery until the end of November. Near the town of Berel excavations of ancient burial mounds have revealed artefacts the sophistication of which are encouraging a revaluation of the nomadic cultures of the 3rd and 4th centuries BC.

Targan Barrow Cemetery

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:53:30 GMT

. Barrow Cemetery in Kazakhstan

The Central State Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:50:14 GMT

]]>. The Central State Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan, at 44 Furmanov, Almaty. Has a series of large exhibition halls with displays ranging from geology and fossils to prehistory and right up to the present day including cultural displays.

Krasnyi Yar

Wed, 27 Dec 2006 12:56:29 GMT

. Site in Russia. Krasnyi Yar is one of three Chalcolithic Botai culture sites in the region (the others are Botai and Vasilkovka), dated to about 5,600 years ago. The Botai have long been associated with early evidence for horse riding, although the precise level of domestication at these sites has been under some debate for some time.