× Information on this section of ECOLEX comes from the InforMEA Portal which compiled information from MEA Secretariats with the support of the European Union. The accuracy of the information displayed is the responsibility of the originating data source. In case of discrepancy the information as displayed on the respective MEA website prevails. Nominations of Cultural Properties to the World Heritage List (Petroglyphs within the Archaeological Landscape of Tamgaly) Document type Decision Reference number 14B.29 Date Jun 28, 2004 SourceUNEP, InforMEA Status Active Subject Wild species & ecosystems Treaty Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (Nov 23, 1972) Meeting 28e session du Comité Website whc.unesco.org Abstract The World Heritage Committee,1. Inscribes the Petroglyphs within the Archaeological Landscape of Tamgaly, Kazakhstan, on the World Heritage List as a cultural landscape on the basis of cultural criterion (iii):Criterion (iii): The dense and coherent group of petroglyphs, with sacred images, altars and cult areas, together with their associated settlements and burial sites, provide a substantial testimony to the lives and beliefs of pastoral peoples of the central Asian steppes from the Bronze Age to the present day.2. Encourages the State Party to consider moving the main road intersecting the site to the periphery of the buffer zone;3. Further encourages the State Party to give high priority to advancing the joint Norwegian-Kazakhstan project for the conservation of the site.