Tanbaly
UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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Location | Kazakhstan |
Criteria | Cultural: (iii) |
Reference | 1145 |
Inscription | 2004 (28th Session) |
Area | 900 ha (2,200 acres) |
Buffer zone | 2,900 ha (7,200 acres) |
Coordinates | 43°48′12″N 75°32′6″E / 43.80333°N 75.53500°E |
Tamgaly (Kazakh: Таңбалы, romanized: Tañbalı) is a petroglyph site in the Zhetysu of Kazakhstan. Tamgaly became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004. Tamgaly is located 170 km (by road) northwest of Almaty.
The earliest of the petroglyphs of Tamgaly date from the
Description
There are approximately 5,000 petroglyphs at Tamgaly distributed among 48 sites. Five of the most important sites, designated I, II, III, IV, and V, contain approximately 3,000 of the glyphs. These five sites are concentrated in the small Tamgaly canyon. Another 22 sites of secondary importance contain from 50 to 100 representations each. The remaining sites contain from 1 to 50 figures each and are widely distributed in area.
The Tamgaly petroglyphs represent work of four different epochs.
Middle Ages and modern time petroglyphs are fewer in number with only about 300 images. Scenes include dueling warriors. Hunting scenes tend to have more emphasis on the hunter rather than the prey. More emphasis is placed on banners, weapons, and horse equipment. Figures are more superficially engraved and many are made as additions to earlier glyphs. Locations of the engravings are less prominent.[2][3]
The name Tamgaly in Kazakh and other Turkic languages means "painted or marked place".
See also
Gallery
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Ancient stone carvings (petroglyphs) found in a small ravine at Tamgaly
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Looking across the small ravine that contains the petroglyphs
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Petroglyphs of ancient tribal dance and animals
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The largest group of petroglyphs in a sacred site
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Petroglyphs in Tamgaly, Unesco World Heritage Site, Kazakhstan
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Petroglyphs in Tamgaly, Unesco World Heritage Site, Kazakhstan
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Petroglyphs in Tamgaly
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view of landscape Tamgaly
References
- ^ Exploring Kazakhstan and post-Soviet Central Asia: One Steppe at a Time, 26 September 2011.
- ^ "Petroglyphs within the Archaeological Landscape of Tamgaly" (PDF). UNESCO. 2003. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
- ISBN 978-2-8106-1832-3.
External links
- "Petroglyphs within the Archaeological Landscape of Tamgaly" UNESCO
- Goryachev, A. A. and Mariyashev, A. N. (2000) "Petrogliphs of Semirechye"; [Access to this URL no longer possible]
- "Semirechye Petroglifleri", in Turkish, from WebArchive;