Rock carvings in Pavlodar region -
Traveling from the city of Almaty to the Pavlodar region and the city of Pavlodar -
The Olentin paintings are ancient rock carvings, a monument of primitive art, made using the technique of drawing relief lines on stone. The drawings have been dated to the late Neolithic, Bronze Age, and early Iron Age. In total, there are about 10 images at the site, here you can find images of animals - bulls, deer, predators similar to tigers, among images of people there are hunting scenes, ritual scenes and erotic scenes.
How to get there, visit -
Olentin pisanitsy are located 5 kilometers from the village of Tai on the right bank of the Olenta River, Ekibastuz district, Pavlodar region, Republic of Kazakhstan.
Information -
Olentin rock carvings (petroglyphs) were discovered in 1972 by researcher and archaeologist O. Mol. Later, this complex was studied from 1988 to 2007 and is still being studied. The most interesting image on the complex is a ritual scene where a man is depicted with a certain object in his hands, perhaps a rod, but not a spear or any other weapon; with this object the person points to an antlered deer. This complex, according to scientists, was a kind of ritual place where people worshiped their gods. There are images of solar symbols, a large number of small holes that possibly symbolize the starry sky.
Olentin writings in Pavlodar region
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