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Verified, partially excavated places tagged “almaty”

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🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus

Boralday Saka Kurgans (Boralday Steppe Necropolis)

Early Saka (Scythian) Iron Age · Saka Tigrakhauda (pointed-hat Sakas)

Saka steppe royal cemetery 28 km from Almaty: 81 kurgans 45-105 m with tigrine gold plaques.

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🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan

Boralday West Steppe Kurgans (Boralday Plain West Extension)

Early Saka (Saka Tigraxauda) · Saka Tigraxauda (Almaty Saka)

Boralday west: 7 Saka mounds 45–72 m extending park 4 km toward Almaty plain.

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🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan

Issyk — Golden Warrior Kurgan Ancillary Ditch

Bronze to Iron Age (2500–300 BCE) · Scythian / Saka

Issyk — Golden Warrior Kurgan Ancillary Ditch in Almaty, Issyk, Kazakhstan is a Bronze to Iron Age (2500–300 BCE) kurgan attributed to Scythian / Saka. Sys…