Issyk kurgan field

burial ground · 400 BC – 2099 AD

Saka burial ground in modern Issyk, Kazakhstan, containing over 40 kurgans dated from the 4th-3rd centuries BCE. The primary kurgan contained the burial of a richly-dressed individual now known as the "Golden Man."

Coordinates

43.39140, 77.39457

Also known as

Esik kurgan (tr)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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