Tamgaly

Infobox World Heritage Site
WHS = Petroglyphs within the Archaeological Landscape of Tamgaly


State Party = KAZ
Type = Cultural
Criteria = iii
ID = 1145
Region = Asia-Pacific
Year = 2004
Session = 28th
Link = http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1145

Tamgaly is a petroglyph site in the Semirechye, Kazakhstan. Tamgaly (coord|43.80275|N|75.53495|E|) 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.

External links

* [http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1145 "Petroglyphs within the Archaeological Landscape of Tamgaly" UNESCO]
* [http://www.tourkz.com/eng/articles/petrog1e_1.html Goryachev, A. A. and Mariyashev, A. N. (2000) "Petrogliphs of Semirechye"] ;
* [http://www.heddam.com/Dosyalar/Turkoloji/TamgaliSay/index.htm "Semirechye Petroglifleri"] in Turkish;