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Multi-periodSite Name: Great Salbyk Kurgan Alternative Name: Main monument of the Valley of the Kings, Bol'shoy Salbykskiy, Большой Салбыкский КурганCountry: Russia Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Nearest Town: Abakan Nearest Village: Vershino-Bija
Latitude: 53.894259N Longitude: 90.773752E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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The mound is a stone square (70 * 70 m) from huge slabs of the Devonian sandstone (weighing 50-70 tons) delivered over a hundred kilometers from the banks of the Yenisei River. It is believed that it was an ancient temple, and Astronomical Observatory (showing the movement of the Sun and the Moon). Still remains a mystery what devices used for the importation and installation of these stones. At the corners and sides of the stone fences were enough driven large menhirs, all 23 stone up to a height of 6 meters (everyone brings their energy).
Before the construction of a giant earth embankment inside the stone fence was a crypt of logs in the form of a truncated pyramid. This whole crypt inside and outside covered with a thick layer of bark. The crypt had the height of 2.5 m and a depth of two metros of water covered pit.
It is claimed that around the burial zone has long been observed a strong anomaly, the study of these phenomena have engaged scholars.
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