13 août 2012
Petroglyph Depicting Two Human Figures Wearing Animal Masks. 2nd–1st millenium BCE
Petroglyph Depicting Two Human Figures Wearing Animal Masks. Stone. L. 36; W. 42; Thick. 12.5 cm Tamgaly, Semirechye/Zhetisu (Almaty region), 2nd–1st millenium BCE. Museum of Archaeology, Almaty Photography by Viktor Kharchenko © Museum of Archaeology of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty.
Petroglyphs, or rock drawings, marked important locations in the landscapes that the nomads passed through during their annual mobile cycle. Many depict animals, whether singly, in herds, or in combat with one another. This scene of two masked humans, one of whom holds two curled objects, is relatively uncommon.
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