🇺🇸 United States · Rock art
Meadowcroft Rockshelter
Pre-Clovis to Late Woodland · Pre-Clovis (Meadowcroft) to Woodland
16,000-year stratified rockshelter (Miller lanceolate horizon) with basketry preservation, Pennsylvania.
🇿🇼 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.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Ancient village
Enkapune Ya Muto (Twilight Cave)
Middle Stone Age to Pastoral Neolithic (46,000–3000 BP) · MSA → LSA → Savanna Pastoral Neolithic
Mau Escarpment Twilight Cave Enkapune Ya Muto — 40,000-year-old ostrich eggshell beads at 2,400 m.
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Chauvet–Pont d'Arc — Detached Panel Bear Gallery
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Chauvet–Pont d'Arc — Detached Panel Bear Gallery in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Ardèche, Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, France is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE…
🇨🇦 Canada · Rock art
Writing-on-Stone — Ancillary Panel North (Áísínai'pi, Alberta)
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Writing-on-Stone — Ancillary Panel North (Áísínai'pi, Alberta) in Alberta, Writing-on-Stone, Canada is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) …
🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Loughcrew Cairn T (Hag's Cairn)
Late Neolithic · Boyne / Loughcrew passage tradition
35 m Loughcrew chief tomb with cruciform chamber whose art is illuminated by equinox sunrise.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Rock art
Western Axum Ridge South — Axum (57-06)
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Western Axum Ridge South — Axum (57-06) at Axum, Ethiopia is a Early Historic (regional) rock art of the Early Historic tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for ridge and associated settlement.
🇮🇳 India · Rock art
Bhimbetka — Auditorium Cave Ancillary Panel
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Bhimbetka — Auditorium Cave Ancillary Panel in Madhya Pradesh, Raisen, Bhimbetka, India is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art att…
🇩🇿 Algeria · Rock art
Tassili n'Ajjer — Tin Merine North Gallery
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Tassili n'Ajjer — Tin Merine North Gallery in Illizi, Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed t…
🇵🇪 Peru · Rock art
Huaracana — Rock Painting Ancillary Shelter North (Ayacucho, Peru)
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Huaracana — Rock Painting Ancillary Shelter North (Ayacucho, Peru) in Ayacucho, Huaracana, Peru is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock…
🇮🇹 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…
🇸🇾 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.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Dainzú
Late Formative–Early Classic 600 BCE–200 CE · Zapotec (Dainzú phase)
Zapotec ballplayer gallery: 47 helmed player reliefs with trophy heads and jaguar deities on Building A.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Dunadd Fort
Neolithic to Early Medieval · Dál Riata (Gaelic) over Neolithic substratum
Hillfort capital of Dál Riata atop rock in Moine Mhòr, with Neolithic art and royal footprint carving.
🇫🇷 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.
🇪🇸 Spain · Rock art
Rock Art of Bryn Thornby
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Rock Art of Bryn Thornby in Andalusia, Spain is a Moche (100–800 CE) rock art attributed to Moche 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.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Megalith
Sayburç — Leopard Relief Enclosure
PPN (9000–8500 BCE) · Göbeklian
Sayburç 2021 discovery just S of Göbekli, relief 5-figure panel with leopard and ithyphallic man excavated by Özdoğan.
🇫🇷 France · Rock shelter
Abri du Pape at Brassempouy
Upper Palaeolithic (Gravettian) · Gravettian / Noailles
Rock shelter at Brassempouy, Landes, famous for Gravettian occupation (29,000–22,000 BP) yielding the Dame de Brassempouy ivory Venus (23,000 BP) and eight other ivory figurines, with rich Gravettian…
🇺🇸 United States · Rock art
Tw Nine Mile Canyon Harper Panel
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period rock art
Tw Nine Mile Canyon Harper Panel in Utah, Nine Mile Canyon, United States is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Multi-period rock art.
🇱🇾 Libya · Rock art
Uan Muhuggiag Rock Shelter Pastoral Phase
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period rock art
Uan Muhuggiag Rock Shelter Pastoral Phase in Fezzan, Uan Muhuggiag, Libya is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Multi-period rock art.
🇮🇹 Italy · Rock art
Monte Prama Sculptures — Cabras, Sardinia
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…
🇿🇦 South Africa · Rock art
Cederberg — Stadsaal Cave Ancillary Panel (South Africa)
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
Caverna Pintada — Ancillary Panel North (Sierra de San Francisco, Baja)
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…