Archaeological Landscape of Tambaly

Tamgaly is a petroglyph site in the Zhetysu of Kazakhstan. Tamgaly is located 170 km (by road) northwest of Almaty. The majority of the 5000 petroglyphs 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. There are some petrogylphs from the Iron Age. The name Tamgaly in Kazakh and other Turkic languages means “painted or marked place“. Tamgaly became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004. (See List of World Heritage Sites in Kazakhstan)