The Rock Paintings of Tsagaan Salaa are located in western Mongolia

Mongolia

Mongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west. Although Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, its western-most point is only from Kazakhstan's eastern tip. Ulan Bator, the capital and largest...

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Site description

Within an area of roughly 15 km² resides approximately 10,000 figures on the southern side of the White River Valley. Dating from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age, this massive collection of pictorials primarily depicts livestock and big game both individual and in large herds.

These rock paintings are rich not only in their numbers, but also in meanings, expressiveness, subject and compositions. They are important monuments of the art of the transition from ancient huntersgatherers' society to livestock breeding and beginning of the classic nomadic economy in Mongolia.

World Heritage Status

This site was added to the UNESCO

UNESCO

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 World Heritage Tentative List on August 1, 1996 in the Cultural category.