Archaeologists open 5,000-year-old Begazi–Dandibay tomb

Archaeologists open 5,000-year-old Begazi–Dandibay tomb

Archaeologists in Kazakhstan have announced the discovery of an exceptionally well-preserved tomb attributed to the Begazi–Dandibay, a late Bronze Age culture known for constructing megalithic mausolea. The Begazi–Dandibay culture (c. 1500-1100 BC) emerged in Saryarka in the Kazakh Uplands and spread to central Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan. The culture takes its name from its two earliest archaeological type sites, Begazy and Dandybai.…