Tamgaly

Also known as Tanbaly

Tamgaly () 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.

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UNESCO World Heritage Site.WHS: Petroglyphs within the Archaeological Landscape of Tamgaly
UNESCO World Heritage Site.image: Tanbaly.jpg
UNESCO World Heritage Site.image_upright: 1.2
UNESCO World Heritage Site.caption: Petroglyphs of Tamgaly
UNESCO World Heritage Site.location: Kazakhstan
UNESCO World Heritage Site.criteria: (iii)
UNESCO World Heritage Site.ID: 1145
UNESCO World Heritage Site.year: 2004
UNESCO World Heritage Site.locmapin: Kazakhstan#West Asia

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Tamgaly () 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 Bronze Age (about 3,000 years ago), when the area was populated by the precursors to the Saka/Scythian people, and the most recent from the 18th or 19th century.

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