Tashtyk culture
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The Tashtyk culture was a Late Iron Age archaeological culture that flourished in the Yenisei valley in Siberia from the 1st century CE to the 4th century CE. Located in the Minusinsk Depression, envi
Tashtyk culture funeral masks
Tashtyk culture exhibit (1st-4th century CE). Krasnoyarskiy Regional Museum
Tashtyk culture mask
Tashtyk culture pottery
Yenisei Kyrgyz
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The Yenisei Kyrgyz were an ancient Turkic people who dwelled along the upper Yenisei in the southern portion of the Minusinsk Hollow from the 3rd century BCE to the 13th century CE. The heart of their
Tashtyk culture
…are often associated with the Tashtyk culture. Teploukhov suggested that it had been initially Indo-European dominated, only to become overcome by the Yenisei Kirghiz around the 3rd century AD. Tashtyk settlements and hill-forts have been unearthed throughout the Yenisei region, particularly the Sayan canyon area…
Court of Seljuk ruler Tughril III, circa 1200 CE.
Funerary mask, towards the end of the Tashtyk culture, at the time when the Yenisei Kyrgyz were taking over the region. 5th-6th century CE.
Yenisei Kyrgyz artefacts
Yenisei Kyrgyz tableware and altar