Petroglyphs of Ornok

Historical Site

Petroglyphs of Ornok

Place type
Historical Site
Elevation
1850 m

Field notes

The field account

Maybe less know, petroglyphs of Ornok are of the same period than petroglyphs of Cholpon Ata. A wild open air museum, where you have to find by yourself stones drawn during bronze, iron ages, and during the early Middle Ages. There are more than 2000 stone boulders, with images of ancient hunters and animals such as the mountain goat (Ibex), deers: totemic animals of the Bugu's tribe, dogs, leopards, horses, camels. In addition to the petroglyphs in the archaeological complex Orn'ok can also be found mounds and fragments of ancient buildings can also be found on the territory of the archeological site which occupies an area of about 6 sq. km.

Map margin

Where it sits

Visual field notes

A closer look