Masat Ata

Masat Ata is a sacred burial ground and underground mosque in the dry country of Mangystau, near the sands of Bostankum. The medieval necropolis contains monuments associated with Oghuz and Kipchak communities as well as later Kazakh graves. Small carved memorials and mausoleums stand among the burial places, recording a tradition of stonework in a landscape traversed by pastoral peoples. The rock-cut mosque links this site to the other sacred underground chambers of the peninsula.