Tamgaly
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| Petroglyphs within the Archaeological Landscape of Tamgaly* | |
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| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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| State Party |  Kazakhstan |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | iii |
| Reference | 1145 |
| Region† | Asia-Pacific |
| Inscription history | |
| Inscription | 2004 (28th Session) |
| * Name as inscribed on World Heritage List. † Region as classified by UNESCO. |
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Tamgaly is a petroglyph site in the Semirechye, Kazakhstan. Tamgaly () is located 170 km to northwest of Almaty. The majority of the petrogylphs are in the main canyon, but there are a number in the many side canyons. The petrogylphs are mostly Bronze Age, but in some cases have been overlaid with Medieval or later etchings.
The name Tamgaly in Kazakh means painted or marked place.
Tamgaly became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004.
[edit] External links
- "Petroglyphs within the Archaeological Landscape of Tamgaly" UNESCO
- Goryachev, A. A. and Mariyashev, A. N. (2000) "Petrogliphs of Semirechye";
- "Semirechye Petroglifleri" in Turkish;
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