Wayne Eastep

This panel, called "Pantheon of Sun Gods" by archeologists, is one of more than 2,000 Petroglyphs at Tamghali created between the Bronze Age and the Renaissance. Petroglyphson five large rock faces can be viewed as one from a nearby ceremonial site as the setting sun illuminates them. This detail describes the Kazakh faith called Tengri. The one horizontal person on the bottom left represents, Mother Earth from whom all life issues. The line of dancing figures represents tyhe physical dimension of our lives on earth. The sun god figures represent the dimension of the Great Spirit and our ancestors. These three levels of existence are not separate, but exist concurrently and in unity. Tamghali is on an ancient north-south route in the Chu-ili mountains of southeastern Kazakhstan.