Megalithic Portal: Latest from Kazakhstan

Turgai Steppe Geoglyphs

Anne T — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 07:45:06 GMT

]]>The Turgai geoglyphs comprise over 200 massive geometric earthworks scattered across the remote steppes of northern Kazakhstan, invisible to ground observers but clearly visible from aircraft and satellite imagery.

Semiyarka Settlement

Anne T — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 21:16:55 GMT

]]>A massive Late Bronze Age fortified settlement on the Irtysh River in northeastern Kazakhstan, dating to approximately 1600 BC. Covering an extraordinary 140 hectares (346 acres), it is one of the largest known structured settlements of the Late Bronze Age on the Eurasian steppe. The site is perched on a promontory above seven valleys (from which it takes its name - "semiyarka" means "seven ravines" in Russian), commanding strategic views across the Irtysh River valley and controlling movement along trade routes connecting the steppe with the metal-rich Altai Mountains to the east.

Karajartus Mausoleum

TheDruid-3X3 — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 17:08:58 GMT

]]>In 2016 the remains of a fascinating pyramid-shaped monument were discovered in the windswept and largely deserted Karaganda region of central Kazakhstan. This five-layered stepped structure was eventually put back together stone by stone, revealing it to have been a monumental mausoleum likely built sometime in the second millennium BC. After years of study and analysis, experts have now concluded that the pyramid-shaped tomb was constructed between 3,200 and 3,400 years ago as a burial site for an important leader of the Begazy-Dandybai people, a group linked to the ancient Andronovo culture that dominated Central Asia at that time.

Panfilovo Ring

MathewChinn — Sat, 20 Jul 2024 15:01:55 GMT

]]>Hill Figure or Geoglyph in Kazakhstan

Eleke Sazy Burial Mounds

Andy B — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 20:26:39 GMT

]]>Two fascinating English dubbed programmes from Qazaq TV with interviews with the local archaeologists and amazing visuals: History of the Eleke Sazy Valley and The Secret of Eleke Sazy. The greatest discovery of Kazakh archaeologists, watch from our page and see the locations of the sites on our map. The Eleke Sazy complex is a recent discoveries in the world of archaeology in Kazakhstan. It is located in the mountains of Tarbagatai at an altitude of 1,500 meters above sea level. Hidden from prying eyes, protected by nature itself, for a long time the tract remained out of sight of scientists. Although rumours that once royal people had been buried here circulated among the local people. One of the sites featured in the exhibition Gold of the Great Steppe free exhibition running until the end of January 2022 at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

Shilikty Burial Mounds

Andy B — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 09:14:09 GMT

Barrow Cemetery in Kazakhstan

Seleutas Mountain Sphinx

Ulfenvald — Sun, 11 Oct 2020 12:53:00 GMT

]]>Rock formation in Kazakhstan. A russian archaeologist L.S. Marsadolov states, that it appears to be a heavily eroded yet massive granite sphinx, larger than the Great Sphinx of Egypt.

Complex Besshatyr

AlexAssa — Wed, 01 Feb 2017 13:51:19 GMT

]]>Artificial Mound in Kazakhstan

Tamgaly Petroglyphs

Jansold — Thu, 23 May 2013 11:54:13 GMT

]]>Rock Art in Kazakhstan. A concentration of some 5,000 rock carvings dating from the Middle Bronze Age up to to the 20th century, covering an area of around 900ha.

Berel Burial Mounds

Andy B — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 18:42:08 GMT

]]>Gold of the Great Steppe free exhibition runs until the end of January 2022 at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. 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

h_fenton — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:53:30 GMT

Barrow Cemetery in Kazakhstan

The Central State Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan

h_fenton — 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

Andy B — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 12:56:29 GMT

Site in Kazakhstan. 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.