Valley of Kings

The Valley of Kings (or Dinglin country) is a Salbyk tract of a circle shape situated 75 km far from Abakan. The Valley includes dozens of kings' and common burial mounds on a large territory.

There are more than 50 big burial mounds. Eight of them have the height of 9-12 meters. The rest of them are lower. There are large stone plates situated around every mound. The biggest burial mounds have more than 20 stone plates.

First descriptions of these hills were made by G.F. Miller in 1739.

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