Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Kyrgyz Republic

44 Historical and Cultural Heritage Sites (HCHP) have been identified under the ongoing “Interconnection Road Project, CAREC Corridors 1 and 3”

The Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Kyrgyz Republic, within the framework of the ongoing "Connection Road Project, CAREC Corridors 1 and 3" financed by the Asian Development Bank, is carrying out work on the reconstruction of the section of the Epkin - Dyikan highway (km. 89 + 500 - km. 159 +200), after a detailed study and survey of the project road section, 44 objects of historical and cultural heritage (HCH) were identified, which are located in close proximity to the project road.

In accordance with the requirements of the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic “On the Protection and Use of Historical and Cultural Heritage”, as well as the Policy on Protective Measures of the ADB, a project of protection zones for objects of the OIKN was prepared by order of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Prior to the start of construction work on the project site, a group of archaeologists from the Kyrgyz-Turkish University "Manas" and the Kyrgyz National History Museum of the Kyrgyz Republic under the general supervision of Prof. Dr. Kubatbek Tabaldiev.
Since the beginning of June 2022, a group of archaeologists has begun rescue archaeological excavations of historical and cultural heritage sites, in particular ancient burial mounds (burials under an earth embankment).

During excavations at the Kyrk-Kyz burial ground near the Kyzart pass in the Kochkor valley, an interesting ancient burial was unearthed. The burial of a woman was made in the center of the stone ring in a special stone box covered with a huge slab. Despite the fact that the burial turned out to be disturbed, two gold earrings were found in it in the form of large wire rings, one end of which was decorated with spiral cones and stone beads, and a horn spinner. Judging by these finds, a woman was buried here. Similar earrings were previously found, for example, in the Saka mounds of Kazakhstan. On the basis of these analogies, as well as the construction of mounds, the burial from Kyrk-Kyz must be attributed to the 7th-4th centuries. BC. A more precise date for the mound can be proposed after in-depth research and radiocarbon analysis of bone samples from the mound.