An ancient city in Kazakhstan has just been discovered by a team of researchers, who believe that the settlement might have produced tin-bronze and had its own ritual building View 3 Images The ancient city was discovered recently (Image: VK Merz and IK Merz)

Boffins have discovered a Bronze Age city in Kazakhstan that was likely a major settlement around 3,600 years ago. The city of Semiyarka dates back to 1,600 BC and is the first site in the Steppes region to have a space dedicated to the production of tin-bronze, according to a study published today (November 18) in Antiquity. ‌

Miljana Radivojevic, the study’s first author and University College London archaeologist , said in a statement: "Semiyarka transforms our understanding of steppe societies. ‌

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