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Hypothetical, unexcavated rock art sites

3 places to sift through. Narrow by kind, country, period or how firmly each one is established — contested and pseudoarchaeological claims are labelled here, never hidden.

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Verified494 Widely accepted53 Contested4 Hypothetical3 Unverified0 Pseudoarchaeology0

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Rock art sites554 Archaeological wonders216 Petroglyphs195 Caves29 Geoglyphs25

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🇺🇸United States33 🇨🇳China31 🇫🇷France30 🇪🇬Egypt27 🇵🇪Peru26

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UNESCO World Heritage only

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Partially excavated282 Excavation ongoing135 Excavated108 Unexcavated21 Not applicable8

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rock art260 unesco47 multi period rock art44 petroglyphs38 palaeolithic to iron age36 petroglyph26 geoglyph

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Megaliths

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Rock shelters20

Ancient villages18

Cave paintings17

Temple complexes15

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🇮🇳India

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🇪🇸Spain19

🇷🇺Russia18

🇨🇱Chile16

🇰🇿Kazakhstan16

🇲🇳Mongolia16

🇧🇷Brazil15

🇱🇾Libya14

🇮🇹Italy12

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Rock art sites Hypothetical Unexcavated Clear all

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🇵🇪 Peru · Hypothetical site

Paititi — Inambari Petroglyph Ridge at San Gabán (Puno South)

Hypothetical Inka Late Horizon · Hypothetical Inka / Amazónico

Hypothetical Inambari petroglyph ridge — 22 boulder claim vs erratics and fault scarp.

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🇨🇳 China · Rock art

Huaishan Rock Art — Lantian Blue Mountain Petroglyphs

Neolithic Longshan to Zhou (3000 BCE – 770 BCE) · Yangshao–Longshan farmer to Zhou frontier pastoral

Qinling foothill gorge with 30+ ibex and rayed humans of Longshan era.

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🇱🇾 Libya · Rock art

Karkur Murr Rock Art — Messak Plateau Libya-Annex

Pastoral (6500–1500 BCE Bubalus to Caballine) · Messak pastoralists (Garamantian antecedents)

Messak documented by Mori 1960s and di Lernia, Bubalus 6500 BCE huge fauna.