Boralday Archaeological Site

Boralday Archaeological Site
Yan Liu, Rui Li, Junchang Yang, Ruiliang Liu, Guoxing Zhao & Panpan Tan · CC BY-SA 4.0

Boralday is a kurgan necropolis in Almaty, Kazakhstan, dating to the early Iron Age (5th–3rd c. BC) and associated with the Saka people [1]. Located on the southeastern outskirts of the village of Boralday on the left bank of the Bolshaya Almatinka River, the site comprises 47 burial mounds spread over 430 hectares [1]. The necropolis was declared a protected monument in 2010, with plans to develop it into an archaeological park and museum [1].

TypeNecropolis/tombs complex
Period500 BC - 1 AD
CountryKazakhstan
Coordinates43.3372° N, 76.8687° E

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