Facial reconstruction of a 1,200-year-old Yenisei Kyrgyz
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Their earliest historical mention comes from Chinese chronicles.
The Book of Han mentions the lands of Jiankun/Gekun (堅昆).
They were Iranic Scythian peoples associated with the Tashtyk and Tagar cultures. In the north,… pic.twitter.com/7PmFJ1dRGU