Долина царей Хакасия Большой Салбыкский курган Valley of the kings Khakassia the Big Salbyksky barrow. Fifty kilometers Northwest from the capital of Khakassia, city of Abakan, in the valley of the Kings, lie the ruins of the Big Salbyk Kurgan, excavated in 1954 – 56 years of the expedition under the leadership of Sergey Kiselev. The mound was first described by Gerhard Miller in 1739 during "the First academic expeditions" at this time the mound was looted. According to historians, the original mound was the earthen pyramid with a height of 25 – 30 meters with a square in the base of the stone wall 70 by 70 metres, with the entrance on the East side. According to recent studies built he was in the first half of the seventh century BC. By the time the excavation in 1954, the mound was heavily explode and the height of the mound was 11.5 metres. Presently, the mound is only preserved square stone wall of a multi-ton slabs. 23 stone stele is oriented from West to East, and a higher part to the East, and between them slabs set horizontally and are about the same height - about 2 meters. The entrance from the East has a five-meter corridor two stelae, apparently symbolizing the male and the female. The weight of the stone monoliths up to 30 tons, and the nearest quarry is located on mount Kyzyl-Khaya, 16 km southwest of Kurgan. In 2007, on the territory of the Valley of the kings is a Museum "Ancient burial mounds of Salbyk steppe"