CULTURE
Rock paintings of Kazakhstan . Petroglyphs of the Seven Rivers
Tamgaly tas on the river Ili
Petroglyphs on the banks of the Ili River , which were created in the first half of the 17th century , were developed in four stages . The history of the formation of the Tamgaly tas complex is closely connected with the era of the highest military and political might of the cultural heyday of the Dzungar Khanate , accompanied by the intensive spread of the Lamaist form of Buddhism among the West Mongolian tribes - Oirats .
Tamgaly . Kopa Petroglyth
In Tamgaly , there are about one hundred different monuments - settlements , cemeteries , altars and petroglyphs dating back to the Bronze Age , the Early Iron Age , the Middle Ages and the New Age . Focused on a relatively small area , all together they form an archaeological complex , embodying the history of many ancient and modern peoples of Kazakhstan for three millennia .
Eshkiolmes
The discovery of these petroglyphs , as well as most of the other known monuments of rock art of Kazakhstan , was more of a rather lucky accident than the result of scientific analysis and forecast . Information about the images was provided by the geologist L . Skrynnik , and in 1982 the archaeological expedition of the Kazakh Pedagogical Institute under the leadership of A . N . Maryashev produced the first petroglyphs search in the Yeskiolmes mountains and excavations on the right bank of the river . Koksu .
Kuldjabasy
The name of the mountains ‘ Kuldjabasy ’ in Kazakh means ‘ ridge of the sheep ridge ,’ since the mountain chain resembles the protruding ridge of the giant skeleton of the animal . The core of the complex at all times remained a canyon , on the rocks of which there were about 3,000 petroglyphs . The entire territory , including the canyon with petroglyphs , since ancient times was a cult zone within which people did not live , but rather visited for ceremonial purposes .
Kelenschetas
Monument to the monumental Tibetan art and epigraphy , the second half of the XVII century . Located on the north-eastern outskirts of Tekeli , at the mouth of the gorge on the right bank of the river Cora – right tributary of the river . Karatal .
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