🇧🇴 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.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Rock art
Wadi Sura – Cave of Swimmers & Cave of Beasts (Gilf Kebir)
Epipalaeolithic to Neolithic (Holocene humid A, B) · Gilf Kebir Holocene hunter-herders (pre-pastoral)
7,000 BCE Gilf Kebir painted shelters—8,000 hand stencils, 'swimmers' and therianthropic beasts in hyper-arid heart of Sahara.
🇹🇿 Tanzania · Rock art
Kondoa Irangi Rock Paintings (Kolo)
Middle Stone Age to Iron Age (40,000 BCE–500 CE paintings peak) · Hunter-gatherer (Sandawe ancestors) / Pastoral Cushitic / Bantu Isanzu
Sub-cluster of Kondoa WH 150 shelters at Kolo with Kisese II stratified 40 ka to 1,500 CE and layered hunter-to-pastoral-to-Bantu style sequence.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Rock art
Tassili n'Ajjer Sefar Painted Gallery Central
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period rock art
Tassili n'Ajjer Sefar Painted Gallery Central in Illizi, Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Multi-period rock art.
🇺🇸 United States · Rock art
Sego Canyon Ute Panel Anthropomorph
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period rock art
Sego Canyon Ute Panel Anthropomorph in Utah, Sego Canyon, United States is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Multi-period rock art.
🇹🇿 Tanzania · Rock art
Laetoli Footprint Trail G2 North
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period rock art
Laetoli Footprint Trail G2 North in Arusha, Laetoli, Tanzania is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Multi-period rock art.
🇨🇦 Canada · Archaeological wonder
Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai'pi
Archaic to Historic 1800 BCE–1920 CE; main biographic style 1730–1890 CE (post-horse) · Blackfoot Confederacy (Kainai, Piikani, Siksika) and ancestors (Besant, Avonlea, Old Women's phase)
Badlands sanctuary of sandstone hoodoos along Milk River where Blackfoot (Niitsitapi) inscribed and pecked >138 rock-art panels (1,200 images: warriors, horses after 1730, hoof biographic,…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Rock art
Southern Bayuda Sanctuary East — Bayuda (57-38)
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Southern Bayuda Sanctuary East — Bayuda (57-38) at Bayuda, Sudan is a Iron Age (regional) rock art of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 200 CE for sanctuary and associated settlement.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Rock art
Royal Axum Citadel Inner — Axum (57-48)
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Royal Axum Citadel Inner — Axum (57-48) at Axum, Ethiopia is a Iron Age (regional) rock art of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 800 CE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇹🇿 Tanzania · Rock art
Kondoa Rock Art Sites
Late Stone Age to recent (~3000 BCE – 19th century CE; most 1500 BCE onward) · Sandawe hunter-gatherer to Bantu pastoralist, later Warangi
Over 150 shelters scattered across the Kondoa escarpment display stratified painting traditions: early naturalistic eland and human figures with elongated heads (hunter-gatherer), later white…
🇮🇹 Italy · Rock art
Rock Art of Torr Workshop Midfield
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Rock Art of Torr Workshop Midfield in Sicily, Italy is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) rock art attributed to Hellenistic culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Cairnbaan Cup and Ring Marks
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age · Kilmartin Late Neolithic
Cup-and-ring schist panels above Kilmartin Glen with >100 carvings, c.3000 BCE.
🇳🇦 Namibia · Rock art
Brandberg White Lady Mural Upper Tier
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period rock art
Brandberg White Lady Mural Upper Tier in Erongo, Brandberg, Namibia is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Multi-period rock art.
🇷🇺 Russia · Rock art
Denisova Cave East Gallery Layer 11.2
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period rock art
Denisova Cave East Gallery Layer 11.2 in Altai, Denisova Cave, Russia is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Multi-period rock art.
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Cussac Cave Gravettian Panel D
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period rock art
Cussac Cave Gravettian Panel D in Dordogne, Cussac, France is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Multi-period rock art.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Rock art
San Bartolo
Late Preclassic (400 BCE – 200 CE) · Maya (Preclassic)
San Bartolo in Petén, Guatemala is a Late Preclassic (400 BCE – 200 CE) rock art attributed to Maya (Preclassic) culture.
🇳🇦 Namibia · Rock art
Brandberg (White Lady Rock Art)
Later Stone Age to Recent (130 ka occupation; paintings 2000 BCE–1000 CE) · San hunter-gatherers (Damara area ancestors)
2,573 m inselberg with >1,000 rock shelters, including Maack 'White Lady' 2,000 BCE shaman panel and 45,000 individual paintings.
🇲🇱 Mali · Rock art
Inner Djenné-Jeno Fortress A — Djenné-Jeno (57-49)
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Inner Djenné-Jeno Fortress A — Djenné-Jeno (57-49) at Djenné-Jeno, Mali is a Early Historic (regional) rock art of the Early Historic tradition, built c. 800 CE for fortress and associated settlement.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Rock art
Southern Bayuda Terrace West — Bayuda (57-30)
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Southern Bayuda Terrace West — Bayuda (57-30) at Bayuda, Sudan is a Early Historic (regional) rock art of the Early Historic tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for terrace and associated settlement.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Rock art
Sacred Axum Mound North — Axum (57-45)
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Sacred Axum Mound North — Axum (57-45) at Axum, Ethiopia is a Bronze Age (regional) rock art of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for mound and associated settlement.
🇮🇷 Iran · Rock art
Dousheh Cave
Mesolithic to Bronze Age (c.8000–2000 BCE) · Zagros rock-art tradition (pre-pottery to Bronze)
Lorestan painted cave 40 m galleries (150+ black/red paintings, hunters/ibex, c.8–2 ka) in Kuhdasht.
🇮🇳 India · Rock art
Rock Art of Stone Norton
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Rock Art of Stone Norton in Madhya Pradesh, India is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) rock art attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Rock art
Eastfield Sanctuary Rock Shelter
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Eastfield Sanctuary Rock Shelter in Chiapas, Mexico is a Moche (100–800 CE) rock art attributed to Moche culture.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Rock art
Narrow Midfield Rock Shelter
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Narrow Midfield Rock Shelter in Petén, Guatemala is a Moche (100–800 CE) rock art attributed to Moche culture.