Tamgaly petroglyphs (Tanbaly in Kazakh) are a unique ancient monument of rock art in Semirechye. It is located in the Tamgaly tract, 4 kilometers from the village of Karabastau, in the Anrakai mountains, 170 kilometers Northwest of the country's largest city — Almaty. The historical site "Petroglyphs of the Tamgaly archaeological landscape" is the first rock art monument in Central Asia, which was included in the UNESCO world Heritage List in 2004. It consists of several thousand rock paintings located compactly in a small area of the Tamgaly tract. The sanctuary of sun worshippers was discovered in the late 50s of the last century, and its more thorough study began twenty years later. The archaeological expedition of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR, led by Anna Maksimova, discovered and initially explored this place. It was she who became the first archaeologist to study Tamgaly petroglyphs. Later, her colleagues joined the research of this valuable historical landscape monument. The world-famous archaeological complex has become a national symbol of Kazakhstan, because it is unique in its composition and has no analogues in the world. The State open-air Museum has been created here.