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Excavated petroglyphs

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Verified88 Widely accepted14 Contested2 Hypothetical1 Unverified0 Pseudoarchaeology0

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Petroglyphs105 Rock art sites102 Archaeological wonders66 Sanctuaries5 Engravings4 Pictographs4

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🇨🇳China15 🇰🇿Kazakhstan11 🇷🇺Russia11 🇲🇳Mongolia9 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan7

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Partially excavated70 Excavation ongoing27 Not applicable4 Excavated3 Unexcavated1

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petroglyphs37 unesco15 petroglyph10 rock art10 ancient8 tamga8 helan6

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🇦🇲Armenia

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🇺🇦Ukraine5

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Petroglyphs

🇯🇵 Japan · Rock art

Fugoppe Cave Petroglyphs

Jomon (Final to Zoku-Jomon) · Zoku-Jomon maritime hunter-gatherers of western Hokkaido

Hokkaido shore tuff cave with 800 winged-human and boat incisions 300 BCE–500 CE, Jomon rock art.

🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan · Rock art

Cholpon-Ata North Petroglyph Field

Early Nomadic to Early Medieval · Saka, Wusun, Turkic (Issyk-Kul basin pastoralists)

North sector of 42-ha Cholpon-Ata lake-shore museum with Saka snow-leopard petroglyphs.

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🇫🇷 France · Rock art

Les Combarelles Cave

Mid–Late Magdalenian ~14–12 ka BP · Magdalenian

Dense 600-figure engraved gallery opposite Font-de-Gaume, core Magdalenian engraving reference.