🇪🇬 Egypt · Rock art
Jebel Uweinat — Ain Doua Crest Rock Art Gallery
Pastoral Neolithic (6000–1500 BCE) · Uweinat pastoralists (Garamantian ancestor?)
Uweinat documented by Frobenius 1933 and Menardi Noguera, 6000 BCE cattle pastoralists.
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🇪🇬 Egypt · Rock art
Pastoral Neolithic (6000–1500 BCE) · Uweinat pastoralists (Garamantian ancestor?)
Uweinat documented by Frobenius 1933 and Menardi Noguera, 6000 BCE cattle pastoralists.
🇸🇴 Somaliland · Rock art
Neolithic pastoral (3500–1500 BCE pastoral art) · Pastoral Cushitic (early Somali ancestor) / Pre-Somaliland
14 m sandstone shelter with 22 polychrome fat-tailed sheep pastoral panel 3500 BCE – among earliest domestic sheep iconography.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Rock art
Late Archaic to Early Ceramic (5000 – 2000 BCE disputed) · Pre-ceramic Nordeste
Inga Stone South in Paraíba, Brazil is a Late Archaic to Early Ceramic (5000 – 2000 BCE disputed) rock art attributed to Pre-ceramic Nordeste culture.
🇴🇲 Oman · Rock art
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Hillfort Bagh Petroglyph Field in Dhofar, Oman is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) rock art attributed to Harappan culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Rock art
Early Holocene (8000–5000 BCE) hunter art · Gilf Holocene hunter
Wadi Hamra cave painted 7000 BCE hunters, Zerzura legend Almásy arch.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Rock art
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Baraka Circle Rock Shelter in Aswan Governorate, Egypt is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) rock art attributed to Harappan culture.
🇪🇸 Spain · Rock art
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Rock Art of Hermitage in Andalusia, Spain is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Classical culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Rock art
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Barrow Rock Shelter in Central Anatolia, Turkey is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Roman culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Rock art
Holocene humid (7000–3000 BCE rock art) · Gilf hunter-gatherers (pre-pastoral)
Wadi Sura excavated by Almásy 1933 and Kuper 2009–, 7000 BCE hands, Lacan 7000.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Rock art
Early Holocene (7000–6000 BCE Beasts) · Gilf early Holocene cattle herders and hunters
Sura Beasts excavated by Kuper 2010, 7000 BCE 13k stencils Africa biggest.