Archaeologists of the Saraishyq Museum-Reserve are on another expedition

Archaeologists of the Saraishyq Museum-Reserve during the next expedition conducted an archaeological survey at the burial site of the Khazar Khaganate, destroyed during excavation work.

The territory of exploration took place near the village of Tandai Makhambet district. The Khazar Khaganate is a state formed by Turkic tribes in the VII-X centuries. At that time, the land of Western Kazakhstan belonged to the Khazar state. Archaeologist S. P. Tolstov believed that «Saraishyq was erected on the site of the city of Saksin and received a new name». It is known that Saksin appeared on the site of the city of Itil, the capital of the Khazars. Several Khazar burials were discovered on the territory of Atyrau region before Bugan.