nomadic archaeology

LEFT The intricately detailed recumbent stag depicted on this gold plaque with turquoise and lapis lazuli inlays was found with seven others representing female deer in Eleke Sazy Kurgan 4.

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Gold of the Great Steppe

A new exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge presents an array of artefacts from the Iron Age Saka culture of East Kazakhstan. Amy Brunskill visited to find out more.

Remarkable petroglyphs have been discovered in a remote region of Mongolia. Here a laser mapping team is visible atop the ‘giant horse rock’ – named after the artistry visible in the bottom half of the photograph – in 2007. This rock art lies on one of a pair of hills known to specialists as B2. Photo: David Edwards, 2007

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Altai rock art: Visions of the past in Mongolia

Survey and excavation in a remote region of Mongolia are revealing a wealth of information about an extraordinary concentration of rock art.