Saka-Era Gold Artifacts Discovered in Almaty Region

Archaeologists have uncovered gold jewelry from the Saka period during excavations in the Uyghur district of the Almaty region, Orda.kz reports, citing Channel Seven.

The discovery was made by a team from Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (KazNU) at the Togyzbulak-I burial mound. The jewelry is similar in style to the items found on the Golden Man, unearthed in 1969 near Issyk.

There are suggestions that the Golden Man could have been buried here. However, most of the burial mounds were plundered in ancient times. Nevertheless, these are burials of representatives of the authorities of that time,
said expedition leader Dosbol Baygunakov.

Over the course of two months, archaeologists studied six burial mounds and found around 30 artifacts dating to the 3rd–2nd centuries BCE. The items include rings, earrings, pendants, necklaces, and gold dental plates.

Earlier in June, researchers also reported the discovery of the remains of a city in the Jetisu region, believed to have been destroyed during the Mongol invasion in the 13th century.

Original Author: Igor Ulitin