Ancient Grave in Kazakhstan Reveals a Woman With a Mysterious Skull Injury
A woman was buried beside a man and two children in southern Kazakhstan. An injury near her temple has left archaeologists with a question the…
Kazakhstan archaeology
1,500-Year-Old ‘Golden Shoes’ Found in Noblewoman’s Grave Reveal Ties to the Hunnic World
A richly furnished grave on Kazakhstan’s Caspian coast has revealed 1,500-year-old gold-covered shoe fittings belonging to a noblewoman whose burial shows striking connections with the…
Ancient DNA Study Including Kazakhstan’s “Golden Man” Reveals Family Networks Behind Scythian Elite Power
Gold, horses, weapons, and monumental kurgans have long shaped the image of Scythian elite power. But a new study published in Science Advances suggests that…
“My Name Is Aba”: Rare Old Turkic Inscription Found Among 1,200 Petroglyphs in Kazakhstan
More than a thousand years ago, someone named Aba carved his name into a rock in southern Kazakhstan. Archaeologists have now found that short Old…
A 1,100-Year-Old Turkic Inscription Linked to the Oghuz Discovered in Kazakhstan
A modest stone kept for years inside a small school museum in southern Kazakhstan is now reshaping scholarly views on early Turkic literacy. Identified in…
Kazakhstan Archaeologists Unearth Rare Gold Ornaments and a Unique Snake-Dragon Ritual Object at the Ancient Dauylbai Necropolis
A paired burial, elite Saka weapons, and ritual goldwork reshape understanding of Zhetysu’s ancient societies Archaeologists working in the Zhetysu region of southeastern Kazakhstan have…
7,000-Year-Old Neolithic Burial Unearthed in Kazakhstan Marks the Country’s Earliest Known Human Grave
A team of archaeologists has uncovered Kazakhstan’s oldest known human burial at the Koken settlement, revealing a chapter of human history that predates the dawn…
West Kazakhstan Reveals 150 Mysterious Burial Mounds of the Early Iron Age
Archaeologists working in Kazakhstan’s West Kazakhstan Region (WKO) have uncovered a cluster of roughly 150 burial mounds, or kurgans, whose unusual forms may rewrite our…