• Early Saka Burial Mounds Unearthed Near Kyrgyzstan’s Lake Issyk-Kul

    Early Saka Burial Mounds Unearthed Near Kyrgyzstan’s Lake Issyk-Kul

    Early Saka burial mounds discovered near Lake Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan are offering new clues to the region’s ancient nomadic past, after a rescue excavation near Cholpon-Ata revealed 21 kurgan burials and a large stone enclosure. The site, located on the northern shore of Lake Issyk-Kul, was identified during work connected to a bypass road around…