page_title: Arkaim
hierarchical_section_title: Arkaim
caption_attribution_description: English: Aerial view of the archaeological site of Arkaim, in the steppe of the Southern Ural, 8.2 km (5.10 mi) north-to-northwest of the village of Amursky and 2.3 km (1.43 mi) south-to-southeast of the village of Alexandrovsky in the Chelyabinsk Oblast of Russia, just north of the border with Kazakhstan. The ruins, discovered in 1987, have been dated around XVIIth-XVIth centuries B.C. and have been connected to the Sintachta culture. They are the remnants of an ancient fortified city of round shape, with two concentric circles of walls sheltering around sixty houses and workshops. Français&#160;: Vue aérienne du site archéologique d'Arkaïm, au sud de l'Oural, 8,2 km au nord-nord-ouest d'Amourski, et à 2,3 km au sud-sud-est d'Alexandrovski, deux villages de l'oblast de Tcheliabinsk, en Russie, juste au nord de la frontière du Kazakhstan. Les ruines, découvertes en 1987, ont été datées des XVIIe-XVIe siècles avant J.-C. environ et ont été rattachées à la culture Sintachta. Il s'agit des vestiges d'une cité antique fortifiée de forme ronde, constituée de deux cercles concentriques de remparts abritant une soixantaine de maisons et d'ateliers. Русский: Городище &#x22;Аркаим&#x22;: 10 км северо-западнее поселка, левый берег р.Большая Караганка, Амур, Брединский район, Челябинская область This is a photo of a cultural heritage object in Russia, number: 7410020000 This template and pages using it are maintained by the Russian WLM team. Please read the guidelines before making any changes that can affect the monuments database!
context_page_description: Arkaim is an archaeological site of an ancient fortified settlement, situated in the steppe of the Southern Ural, 8.2 km north-to-northwest of the village of Amursky and 2.3 km south-to-southeast of the village of Alexandrovsky in the Chelyabinsk Oblast of Russia, just north of the border with Kazakhstan. It was discovered in 1987 by a team of archaeologists led by Gennady Zdanovich, preventing the planned flooding of the area for the creation of a reservoir. Arkaim is attributed to the early Proto-Indo-Iranian of the Sintashta culture, which some scholars believe represents the proto-Indo-Iranians before their split into different groups and migration to Central Asia and from there to Persia and India and other parts of Eurasia.
context_section_description: Arkaim (Russian: Аркаим) is an archaeological site of an ancient fortified settlement, situated in the steppe of the Southern Ural, 8.2 km (5.10 mi) north-to-northwest of the village of Amursky and 2.3 km (1.43 mi) south-to-southeast of the village of Alexandrovsky in the Chelyabinsk Oblast of Russia, just north of the border with Kazakhstan. It was discovered in 1987 by a team of archaeologists led by Gennady Zdanovich, preventing the planned flooding of the area for the creation of a reservoir. Arkaim is attributed to the early Proto-Indo-Iranian of the Sintashta culture, which some scholars believe represents the proto-Indo-Iranians before their split into different groups and migration to Central Asia and from there to Persia and India and other parts of Eurasia.
caption: Aerial view of the main citadel
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