Tour Cave drawing in Turkmenistan.

“...it seemed a part of her life, to step from the ancient to the modern, back and forth. She felt rather sorry for those who knew only one and not the other. It was better, she thought, to be able to select from the whole menu of human achievements than to be bound within one narrow range” 

Orson Scott Card.

Tour to Petroglyphs on Ustyrt plateau.

The site is located in Turkmenbashi in Etrap Balkan region near the “Ak-Altyn” resort; in the Ustyurt precipice between capes Chal-Burun and Dekcha. Description of the site On the walls of a vast cave in the cliff on the steep wall of the Ustyurt precipice, there is a multitude of petroglyphs scratched on the surface, mainly images of animals, boats, and various solar signs.
There also are inscriptions in Arabic and the Middle Persian languages (Orazov 2007: 130). Dating Xth – XIIth centuries. Protection and management According to “The Law of Turkmenistan on the Protection of Historical and Cultural Sites of Turkmenistan”, the Kyrk-Deshik and Byash-Deshik sites were registered on 19 February 1992 and are now under the protection of the State Historical and Cultural Sanctuary “Kunya-Urgench”.
There is no site status monitoring program. Since sites are located on inaccessible (without technical equipment) precipice faces, the petroglyphs are inaccessible as tourist destinations. The site is located in Turkmenbashi in Etrap Balkan region near the “Ak-Altyn” resort; in the Ustyurt precipice between capes Chal-Burun and Dekcha.
Description of the site On the walls of a vast cave in the cliff on the steep wall of the Ustyurt precipice, there is a multitude of petroglyphs scratched on the surface, mainly images of animals, boats, and various solar signs.
There is no site status monitoring program. Since sites are located on inaccessible (without technical equipment) precipice faces, the petroglyphs are inaccessible as tourist destinations.

Authority:
Edjegul Muradova.

Photos by
Alexander Petrov.