🇨🇳 China · Rock art
Helan Mountains Suyukou South Rock Art
Early Bronze to Yuan · Qiang, Xiongnu, Xianbei, Mongol (Helan corridor pastoralists)
South Suyukou gully 4 km south of Helankou with 600 shamanic mask petroglyphs.
🇨🇳 China · Rock art
Kangjiashimenzi Petroglyphs
Bronze Age to Early Iron Age (2000–500 BCE) · Andronovo-related Chemurchek, early nomadic Saka/Xiongnu
Northern Tianshan schist cliff 120-m with masked shaman fertility dance 1000 BCE.
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Curbans Serpentine Rock Engravings
Chalcolithic to Bronze Age (Remedello to Polada) · Southern Alpine Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age pastoralists (Proto-Bego culture)
Durance serpentinite slabs with 400 serpent and dagger engravings 3000–1800 BCE, Monte Bego piedmont.
🇺🇸 United States · Rock art
Sego Canyon Rock Art Galleries
Archaic to Historic (4000 BCE – 19th c.) · Archaic Desert (BCS), Fremont, Numic Ute
Book Cliffs triple-gallery BCS ghosts, Fremont and Ute horses in one wash.
🇮🇹 Italy · Rock art
Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Western Terrace
Bronze-Iron Age (2000-500 BCE) · Camunian
Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Western Terrace in Lombardy, Brescia, Italy is a Bronze-Iron Age (2000-500 BCE) rock art attributed to Camunian.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Rock art
Wadi Rum Petroglyphs and Thamudic Inscriptions
Neolithic to Islamic (Thamudic–Nabataean–Islamic) · Neolithic pastoralists, Thamudic tribes, Nabataean caravan masters, early Arabs
Wadi Rum desert cliffs with 25,000 petroglyphs and Thamudic texts, UNESCO landscape.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Rock art
Areni-1 Upper Gallery Petroglyphs
Late Chalcolithic to Early Bronze I · Late Chalcolithic Syunik-Areni, Kura-Araxes early
Upper chamber 12 m above Areni-1 winery cave with Chalcolithic lattice petroglyphs.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Rock art
Tamgaly II South Terrace Petroglyphs
Bronze Age to Early Nomadic · Andronovo-Fedorovo, Saka, Turkic
South terrace 600 m south of Tamgaly UNESCO core with Late Bronze chariot stratigraphy.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Rock art
Gebel Teir and Ain Amur Rock Art, Kharga Oasis
Early Holocene to Late Antiquity · Saharan Epipalaeolithic, Old Kingdom expeditions, Ptolemaic and Coptic oasis settlers
Kharga Oasis scarp petroglyphs from Holocene wet-phase savanna to Coptic, on caravan route.
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Rock art
Sacred Great Zimbabwe Sanctuary East — Great Zimbabwe (57-16)
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Sacred Great Zimbabwe Sanctuary East — Great Zimbabwe (57-16) at Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe is a Iron Age (regional) rock art of the Iron Age tradition, built c.
🇲🇱 Mali · Rock art
Central Djenné-Jeno Settlement Inner — Djenné-Jeno (57-10)
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Central Djenné-Jeno Settlement Inner — Djenné-Jeno (57-10) at Djenné-Jeno, Mali is a Chalcolithic (regional) rock art of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
🇲🇱 Mali · Rock art
Old Djenné-Jeno Reservoir Outer — Djenné-Jeno (57-21)
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Old Djenné-Jeno Reservoir Outer — Djenné-Jeno (57-21) at Djenné-Jeno, Mali is a Chalcolithic (regional) rock art of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 800 CE for reservoir and associated settlement.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Rock art
Southern Bayuda Terrace II — Bayuda (57-02)
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Southern Bayuda Terrace II — Bayuda (57-02) at Bayuda, Sudan is a Iron Age (regional) rock art of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 1200 BCE for terrace and associated settlement.
🇮🇹 Italy · Rock art
Foppe di Nadro — Sector H Rock Panel
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Foppe di Nadro — Sector H Rock Panel in Lombardy, Brescia, Ceto, Italy is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Palaeo…
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Rock art
Northern Axum Hilltop I — Axum (57-26)
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Northern Axum Hilltop I — Axum (57-26) at Axum, Ethiopia is a Iron Age (regional) rock art of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 1200 BCE for hilltop and associated settlement.
🇵🇪 Peru · Rock art
Checta Petroglyphs
Initial Period to Late Horizon ~1500 BCE–1532 CE · Andean (Chavín-influenced to Inca)
450 boulder petroglyph field above Chillón River with 3,500-year rayed-head tradition.
🇸🇾 Syria · Rock art
Hunstanton-Force Rock Shelter
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Hunstanton-Force Rock Shelter in Homs Governorate, Syria is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) rock art attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Rock art
Narrow-Moat Rock Shelter
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Narrow-Moat Rock Shelter in Oruro, Bolivia is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) rock art attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇴🇲 Oman · Rock art
Hillfort Bagh Petroglyph Field
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Hillfort Bagh Petroglyph Field in Dhofar, Oman is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) rock art attributed to Harappan culture.
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Moor Bal Petroglyph Field
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Moor Bal Petroglyph Field in Occitanie, France is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) rock art attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇾🇪 Yemen · Rock art
Rock Art of Ault
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Rock Art of Ault in Hadramawt, Yemen is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Roman culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Rock art
El Ingenio Petroglyphs
Paracas to Early Nazca ~800 BCE–400 CE · Paracas–Nazca
Nazca-basin boulder petroglyphs bridging Paracas trophy-head art to Nazca geoglyphs.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Rock art
Musawwarat es-Sufra Temple Annex — Limpopo — musawwarat-e
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Musawwarat es-Sufra Temple Annex in Limpopo, South Africa is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Rock art
Rhapta Submerged Harbour — Nok Valley (Jos)
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Rhapta Submerged Harbour in Nok Valley, Nigeria is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Local Neolithic culture.