ASTANA – Ramazan Zhanuzak, an anthropologist at the Alkey Margulan Institute of Archaeology, spoke about the ancient burials ...

A routine fire patrol, operating some 200 miles northwest of the country's capital, Astana, discovered a nearly foot-long face carving in a granite boulder. Although experts have analyzed the carving, ...

Balbals are found throughout the Kazakh steppe. In the Karkaraly and Bayanaul mountains, chains of 300 to 350 balbals once ...

Situated in Western Kazakhstan, the valley is far from major population centers and remains difficult to access. This has kept research to a minimum, despite the growing interest in these ancient ...