Following the Science Week, we are sharing discoveries, inventions, and experiments done by scientists of Baitursynuly University.
University’s Archaeological Research Laboratory kicks off first this week, uncovering the mystery of the Torgay geoglyphs.
This groundbreaking discovery, made not only by the lab’s researchers but also our students and colleagues from the Margulan Institute of Archaeology, has become breakthrough in the field of history.
“There have been many theories and myths about the origin of these geoglyphs,” says Senior Researcher Irina Shevnina. “For years, we only had indirect evidence that they dated back to the Early Iron Age. But last year, during the Karaturgay Ring excavations, we discovered the burial site of a man and a woman. This wealthy information allowed us to date the geoglyphs.”
Now, there is no doubt—they belong to the Early Iron Age, specifically to the Sarmatians.
So far, four out of nine burial mounds have been excavated. What secrets do the remaining ones hold? We’ll find out this summer.
