Tamgaly-Tas is approx. 120 kilometres north-west of Almaty city, in Kazakhstan.
The area is famous for ancient stone carvings, (1) which are called petroglyphs. (present simple)
The rock carvings (2) were_ found by archaeologists in 1957. (past simple)
The carvings (3) _were_ made almost 3,000 years ago by a hunting, nomadic community using stone or metal tools but not all of them date from the same period. (past simple)
The daily lives and the spiritual world of the people (4)_are_ pictured: rituals, dances, ornaments, hunting and herding scenes. (present simple)
The drawings (5) _are_ best seen in the afternoon on a sunny day. (present simple)
From the nature of the drawings, it is believed that the canyon
(6) _was_ used as a tribal settlement for nomadic peoples dating from the Bronze Age and later. (past simple)
Some burial mounds and graves (7) _were_ built which indicates the area was also a ritual site. (past simple)
Unfortunately, many of the stone carvings (8) _are_ damaged as the area suffers from shifts in temperature, rock movements and fires in the steppes.
However, the site (8) _is_ registered by UNESCO as World Cultural Heritage and great care (10) _is_ taken to preserve these outstanding natural and cultural features. (present simple)
1) Moscow is the capital of Russia
2) Yes, it is. Moscow is a port of five seas.
3) Yes, it is. Moscow is a modern city.
4) Yes, there are. There are many plants in Moscow.
5) Yes, I'd like to visit the Tretyakov Gallery.
6) I go to the museams once a month.
7) State Moscow university is one of the highest buildings in Moscow. It was founded in 1755 by the great scientist Mikhail Lomonosov.
8) Yes, there are. There are many kinds of transport in Moscow. One can see a lot of cars, buses, trolley-buses, trams in the streets of our city.
9) Our metro has got 275 stations.
10) Yes, I like to go by metro.
Tamgaly-Tas is approx. 120 kilometres north-west of Almaty city, in Kazakhstan.
The area is famous for ancient stone carvings, (1) which are called petroglyphs. (present simple)
The rock carvings (2) were_ found by archaeologists in 1957. (past simple)
The carvings (3) _were_ made almost 3,000 years ago by a hunting, nomadic community using stone or metal tools but not all of them date from the same period. (past simple)
The daily lives and the spiritual world of the people (4)_are_ pictured: rituals, dances, ornaments, hunting and herding scenes. (present simple)
The drawings (5) _are_ best seen in the afternoon on a sunny day. (present simple)
From the nature of the drawings, it is believed that the canyon
(6) _was_ used as a tribal settlement for nomadic peoples dating from the Bronze Age and later. (past simple)
Some burial mounds and graves (7) _were_ built which indicates the area was also a ritual site. (past simple)
Unfortunately, many of the stone carvings (8) _are_ damaged as the area suffers from shifts in temperature, rock movements and fires in the steppes.
However, the site (8) _is_ registered by UNESCO as World Cultural Heritage and great care (10) _is_ taken to preserve these outstanding natural and cultural features. (present simple)