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Egyptian hieroglyphs on the wall of the Horus temple in Egypt
Ancient Petroglyphs on the wall of the Step House at Mesa Verde National Park near Cortez, Colorado. Petroglyphs are a communication form used by early Puebloan and anasazi people of the Four Corners region in southwestern Colorado.
Ground granite rock with two groups of concentric circles, Pena de Chaos petroglyphs decoration and ancestral art , Antas de Ulla, Lugo province, Galicia, Spain, set in early Bronze Age. Petroglyphs are of public free access.
Eastern (upstream) Section (mostly geometric/abstract designs). Close-up of geometric (abstract) engraving. Driekopseiland (Island) is a rock engraving site located in the bed of the Riet River near Plooysburg, close to Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa. At this site, nearly 4,000 exposed individual engravings are carved into glaciated basement rock. It is estimated that the petroglyphs were probably engraved in two distinct periods, the first about 2500 years ago, and the latter more or less 1000 years ago. The engravings at Driekopseiland are associated with cultural rituals and more specifically with puberty rites,
Close up of Hopi Indians petroglyphs.
Wadi Rum is a desert valley cut into the sandstone and granite cliffs in southern Jordan. Known also as the Valley of the Moon it has been inhabited since prehistoric times (witnessed by the petroglyph inscriptions) and by semi nomadic tribes since the Nabataeans but is best known for its association with T E Lawrence - Lawrence of Arabia - who based himself here to encourage the Arab Revolt and to attack Turkish Forces of the Ottoman Empire during WW1. He was later immortalized by the film of the same name, made in 1962 by David Lean. Today the only inhabitants are Bedouin tribes and transient tourists.
Petrolgyphs in Canyonlands National Park
Two female tourist friends are looking at the view of Cappadocia from top of a high hill.
A closeup shot of a rock carving of a very long boat in Himmelstalund, Norrkoping, Sweden
Petroglyphs in Parowan Gap, Utah.
Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape in Azerbaijan, Aerial view of Gobustan national park in Azerbaijan, Ancient petroglyph depicting human figures in Gobustan, Aerial view of popular destinations in Azerbaijan\n\nGobustan State Historical and Cultural Reserve (Azerbaijani: Qobustan dövlət tarixi-bədii qoruğu) is located west of the settlement of Gobustan, about 40 miles (64 km) southwest of the center of Baku. It was established in 1966, when the area was declared a national historical landmark of Azerbaijan in an attempt to preserve the prehistoric rock carvings, mud volcanoes and musical stones in the region.\n\nGobustan State Historical and Cultural Reserve acquired national status in 2006, and Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2007. As of 2011, the Petroglyph Museum functions in the reserve.
Albuquerque, New Mexico,  USA, Oct 1, 2021: designs and symbols carved on Volcanic Rocks in Petroglyph National Monument.
Ancient Vernal style petroglyph. Fremont Culture, Utah.
Newspaper Rock, Ancient Petroglyphs near Monticello, Utah, USA
Newspaper Rock carved rock historical monument with a large collection of petroglyphs Utah USA
Newspaper Rock is a petroglyph panel etched in sandstone that records approximately 2,000 years of early human activities.  It is located near the Needles section of Canyonlands National Park in Utah, USA.
Puerco River Valley anthropomorphs, zoomorphs, katsinas, tracks, hands, geometrics in manganese and iron oxide.
Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico
faked cave paintings on a sandstone wall in saxon switzerland, elbsandsteingebirge
Rock signs from the 3rd century before Christ in Navai.
Hand-drawn rocks (Petroglyphs) in Cholpon-Ata city, Kyrgyzstan.\nNorth of the centre is an extensive field of glacial boulders, many with pictures scratched or picked into their surfaces. Some of these petroglyphs date from the Bronze Age (about 1500 BC), but most are Saka-Usun (8th century BC to 1st century AD), Most are of long-horned ibex.
Graffiti on a concrete wall
Pu‘uloa Petroglyphs images in the harden lava.\n\ncupules or holes, motifs of circles, other geometric as well as cryptic designs, human representations known as anthropomorphs, canoe sails, turtles and others
Ancient petroglyph at Three rivers petroglyph site in New Mexico, USA.
Jabal Umm Sanman ancient rock art showing camels near Jubbah, Saudi Arabia. Rock Art in the Hail Region UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Eastern (upstream) Section (mostly geometric/abstract designs). Close-up of geometric (abstract) engraving. Driekopseiland (Island) is a rock engraving site located in the bed of the Riet River near Plooysburg, close to Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa. At this site, nearly 4,000 exposed individual engravings are carved into glaciated basement rock. It is estimated that the petroglyphs were probably engraved in two distinct periods, the first about 2500 years ago, and the latter more or less 1000 years ago. The engravings at Driekopseiland are associated with cultural rituals and more specifically with puberty rites,
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Rock painting in caves Sablinskaya
Tagus Cove on Isabela Island in the Galapagos Islands has graffiti that has been carved into the rock walls by visitors over the past centuries; this happened just before the Galapagos National Park was established in 1959-1960.
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