Kazakh archeologists unearth unique Kangyui epoch artifacts in country’s south

An expedition led by a scientist of the Zhanibekov South Kazakhstan Teachers’ Training University, Alexander Podushkin, has been over the years carrying out excavations at the local burial mounds.

Recently archeologists unearthed a unique artifact, presumably the upper half of the ring of a religious leader, during excavations in the territory of the Kyzylkol historical and cultural dated back to the epoch of ancient Kangyui state that existed in South Kazakhstan, Kazinform Agency cites the Science Ministry’s press service.

This area is generally accepted as the Shoshak Baba ritual temple complex. The archeologists discovered the first huge temple, the perimeter and internal walls of which were built of stone that are unusual for Central Asia. There were also found remains of a four-legged cassolette, asyks, ceramics of various forms, including small mugs and big jars, a bronze mirror, etc.

Podushkin noted the Kyzylkol cultural and historical area is full of unique archeological sites.