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Paintings and engravings from the deepest human past.
🇮🇹 Italy · Rock art
Nuragic Iron Age (Early Iron, c.950–730 BCE) · Nuragic Iron Age (Sinis, Orientalizing influence)
Monte Prama (Nuragic Iron Age c.950–730 BCE) on the Sinis Peninsula near Cabras is a sacred heroon cemetery where 5,178 fragments of 2–2.5-m limestone boxers, archers and warriors with horned helmets…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Rock art
Predynastic to Roman (3200 BCE–364 CE; peak New Kingdom and Ptolemaic) · Ancient Egyptian
Granite islet with ~600 cataract boulder inscriptions including Famine Stela 32 columns and predynastic boats.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Fortress
Chanè to Inca (1000 – 1500 CE) · Chanè / Inca / Guaraní
El Fuerte de Samaipata in Santa Cruz, Bolivia is a Chanè to Inca (1000 – 1500 CE) fortress attributed to Chanè / Inca / Guaraní culture. UNESCO 1998.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Rock art
Boca de Potrerillos is an archeological site located some 14 km from the municipal head of Mina, Nuevo León, Mexico.
🇱🇾 Libya · Rock art
Iron Age to Hellenistic (700 BCE–200 CE) · Libyan (Berber) / Greek
30+ artificial underground caves 4 m deep with Libyan silhouette art and Greek votive 700 BCE–200 CE.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Rock art
Middle–Late Holocene (Pampa–Patagonian transition 5000 BCE–1500 CE) · Patagonian–Cuyo hunter-gatherer → Agrelo (Mendoza)
Basalt boulder field (5,000–500 BP) along Atuel River canyon 60 km south of San Rafael, Mendoza: >800 petroglyphs pecked on 3–5 m basalt columns produced by Pleistocene Atuel volcanics, featuring…
🇿🇦 South Africa · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Cederberg — Stadsaal Cave Ancillary Panel (South Africa) in Western Cape, Cederberg, Stadsaal, South Africa is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Caverna Pintada — Ancillary Panel North (Sierra de San Francisco, Baja) in Baja California Sur, Caverna Pintada, Mexico is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age…
🇦🇺 Australia · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Maliwawa — Ancillary Rock Panel (West Arnhem, Australia) in Northern Territory, West Arnhem, Maliwawa, Australia is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000…
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Rock art
Classical (regional) · Classical
Northern Great Zimbabwe Settlement Inner — Great Zimbabwe (57-27) at Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe is a Classical (regional) rock art of the Classical tradition, built c.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient village
Monte Albán Late I - IIIb (500 BCE–800 CE) · Zapotec (Monte Albán state – Cuicatlán colony)
Zapotec military-agricultural outpost (500 BCE–800 CE, fortress phase 300–700 CE) crowning Cerro Quiotepec massif at confluence of Río Santo Domingo and Río Grande forming Río Papaloapan: hilltop…
🇦🇺 Australia · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Burrup Peninsula — Ancillary Petroglyph North (Murujuga, Australia) in Western Australia, Burrup Peninsula, Australia is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (…
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Rock art
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Great Great Zimbabwe Village South — Great Zimbabwe (57-28) at Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe is a Iron Age (regional) rock art of the Iron Age tradition, built c.
🇲🇱 Mali · Rock art
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Outer Djenné-Jeno Village South — Djenné-Jeno (57-41) at Djenné-Jeno, Mali is a Early Historic (regional) rock art of the Early Historic tradition, built c.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Pre-Pottery Neolithic A–B · Taş Tepeler / Upper Mesopotamian PPN
Taş Tepeler PPN sanctuary with narrative leopard-human-phallus reliefs matching Karahan Tepe phallic imagery.
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Matobo Hills — Nswatugi Ancillary Panel North (Zimbabwe) in Matabeleland South, Matobo, Zimbabwe is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) roc…
🇱🇾 Libya · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Wadi Mathendous — Ancillary Panel North (Messak, Libya) in Fezzan, Wadi Mathendous, Libya is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art a…
🇧🇷 Brazil · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Canoa Quebrada — Rock Art Shell Midden North (Ceará, Brazil) in Ceará, Canoa Quebrada, Brazil is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock a…
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Rock art
Late Bronze Age to Early Medieval · Andronovo, Saka, Wusun, Turkic
Central tributary gorge of the Tamgaly (Tanbaly) UNESCO landscape 170 km NW Almaty, comprising 4.5 km of northwest-facing Chu-Ili schist panels with ~800 engravings.
🇱🇾 Libya · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Messak Settafet — North Escarpment Engraving Panel in Fezzan, Messak Settafet, Libya is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attrib…
🇩🇿 Algeria · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Tassili Sefar — Ancillary Gallery North (Tassili, Algeria) in Illizi, Tassili n'Ajjer, Sefar, Algeria is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE…
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Gavrinis — North Face Ancillary Tablet Cache in Brittany, Morbihan, Larmor-Baden, France is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art at…
🇺🇸 United States · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Newspaper Rock — North Panel Ancillary (Utah) in Utah, Newspaper Rock, United States is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attrib…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Hattusa — Yazılıkaya Chamber B North Relief in Çorum, Boğazkale, Hattusa, Turkey is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed…
