Archeologists Have a Huge New Stonehenge to Figure Out
Archeologists Have a Huge New Stonehenge to Figure Out
November 17, 2016
by Robby Berman
Monumental mystery (EVGENII BOGDANOV)
Archeologists have a new mystery to solve in Kazakhstan, a complex of stone structures reminiscent of Stonehenge but much bigger. The site is the size of 200 American football fields, about 300 acres. It was discovered in 2010 by a man identified as F. Akhmadulin, who was exploring the sagebrush desert area in Altÿnkazgan on the Mangÿshlak Peninsula along the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea with a metal detector.
Altÿnkazgan (EVGENII BOGDANOV)
Akhmadulin came across a piece of an ancient silver saddle and some other bits inside some stones. He brought his find to archaeologist Andrey Astafiev, of the Mangistaus State Historical and Cultural Reserve.
Saddle fragment (ANDREY E. ASTAFIEV & EVGENIÏ S. BOGDANOV)
When Astafiev and Evgeniï Bogdanov, of the Russian Academy of Sciences Siberian Department's Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, visited the area to which Akhmadulin had pointed them, it was easy to see that there was something here worthy of investigation.
Visible indicators (LIVE SCIENCE)
Excavation would have to wait, however, according to the scientists’ published research: “Unfortunately, the socioeconomic situation in the region is not one in which it is easy to engage in archaeological research, and it was not until 2014 that the authors of this article were able to excavate certain features within the site.”
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