Ancient Rock Art

Historical cave paintings from various regions, illustrating human and animal figures. The artworks reflect early human culture and artistic expression through color and form.

Rock art paintings of Laas Geel, near Hargeisa, Somaliland, Somalia, Africa

rock painting, argentina, patagonia, santa cruz province, rock painting of the cueva de los manos , unesco world heritage centre. date: 08.12.2008 ref: zb1237_125994_0038 compulsory credit: nhpa/photoshot

Doe painted in red, outline painted in black. Upper Paleolithic period. 150,000 B.C.. Cantabrian prehistory. Santillana del mar, Altamira caves . Cantabria. Location: CUEVAS DE ALTAMIRA. SANTILLANA DEL MAR. Cantabria. SPAIN.

escudo de armas de la epoca de Pedro I, castillo de Peñas Negras, - castillo de Tiscar-, parque natural sierras de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas, Jaen, Andalucia, Spain.

Portugal. Roman ruins of Miróbriga. Ancient Lusitanian settlement whose present-day ruins are dated to the Roman period, between the 1st and 4th centuries. Detail of the remains of a fresco that decorated a room wall. Surrounding area of Santiago do Cacém. Alentejo Region.

Rock art painting at Pedra Furada, Serra da Capivara National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Piaui, Brazil, South America

Petroglyphs from ancient Native Americans, eastern Sierra near Bishop, California.

A petroglyphs are ancient drawings on a large stone, Karelia, Russia.

Prehistoric rock carving of a head of a lion , Combarelles, France.

USA California, Santa Barbara, Chumash Painted Cave, California State Historic Park, rock art (about 600 years old)

Minoan civilization. Knossos palace. Bronze Age. LM IB period. Dancing girl fresco, from the Queen's Megaron at Knossos, ca. 1500 BC. Non-acrobatic female upper torso and head, open bodice, tresses flying, arms up, probably dancing. Fresco. Crete. Archaeological Museum of Heraklion. Crete, Greece.

Twyfelfontein's 5, 000 rock engravings or petroglyphs, ranging from simple geometric designs to complex friezes of animals.

Tumba de Ahmose, hijo de Ebana (EK-5). Elkab, Egipto.

Prehistoric Art. USA. Petroglyph National Monument. Petroglyphs made __by American Indian people and some of them, by settlers. Boca Negra Canyon. Near Albuquerque. New Mexico.

Australia, The Kimberley, Raft Point. Wandjina figures, painted by Worona people up to 20,000 years ago

Unesco site Rock Art in the Ha'il Region, Jubbah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Ancestral Pueblo petroglyph of a hand connected to a plant emerging from a natural hole in a sandstone wall, tributary to the Little Colorado River drainage, Arizona. SC

PALACIO QUETZALPAPALOTL-PATIO-LOSA CON PINTURAS AL FRESCO. Location: PALACIO DE QUETZALPAPALOTL. TEOTIHUACAN.

Slab with graffitti depicting a scene of fighting. Gladiator fight. Retiarius and Secutor. Flavian Amphitheatre. Rome. Italy.

Cave painting found in the Cave of Altamira, located in Cantabria, Spain, dating from the Upper Paleolithic period.

A marshal stands behind the chariot horses, facing backwards and raising his left hand. In this hand he holds one end of his himation. Behind him, only part of the chariot and the charioteer's hand holding the reins survive..5th Century BC frieze from the Parthenon, Athens, Greece.

Three Rivers Petroglyphs Park, New Mexico

Jar Island Indigenous Gwion Gwion art, dated from at least 17500 years ago, Vansittart Bay, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Egipto. Tumba 154 Tati.

Prehistoric Art. USA. Petroglyph National Monument. Petroglyphs made __by American Indian people and some of them, by settlers. Boca Negra Canyon. Near Albuquerque. New Mexico.

SPAIN. Vinromˆ. La Saltadora Cave. Hunter. Rupestrian paintings of La Valltorta. Neolithic art. Cave.

Jordan, Petra, Siq Gorge. Sculpture Fragment Depicting A Man Leading His Camel Caravan, Unearthed In 1997.

CUEVA DE LA GARITA I. PINTURAS RUPESTRES ESQUEMATICAS.

Beeswax dot snake on ochre paintings. Date/Period: 1517 - 1664. Painting. Author: UNKNOWN.

Close-up of petroglyph, Utah

Bulgaria, Shumen Province, Madara Plateau, Madara Rider or Madara Horseman

Prisoners of war rebuilding the city of Lachish. Palace of Sennacherib. Nineveh, c. 700 BC. Neo-Assyrian Empire. British Museum. London, United Kingdom.

Royal lion hunt; Assyrian, about 645-635 BC; From Nineveh, Iraq. North Palace. Room C, panels 20-22. king Ashurbanipal races through the arena in his chariot. A lion that he has shot pursues the chariot and jumps up at its back.

PINTURA RUPESTRE - CABALLO EN ROJO Y GRABADO - PALEOLITICO SUPERIOR. Location: CUEVA DE SAN ROMAN. CANDAMO. ASTURIAS. SPAIN.

PINTURAS: ESCENAS DE CAZA. SU NUMERACION: PIII 152 001R FIG DET.

A photograph taken of Tomb WV23, in the Valley of the Kings, was the final resting place of Pharaoh Ay of the 18th Dynasty. Discovered by Giovanni Battista Belzoni in the winter of 1816, its structure is similar to that of the tomb of Akhenaten, with a straight undecorated, descending corridor, leading to a "well chamber" that has no shaft. The passage leads to the burial chamber, which currently contains the reconstructed sarcophagus. Ay was the penultimate Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt's 18th dynasty. He held the throne of Egypt for a brief four-year period (probably 1323-1319 BC or 1327-1323 BC

Replica painting from the Cave of Altamira (Cueva de Altamir) located near the historic town Santillana del Mar in Cantabria, Spain, is renowned for its numerous parietal cave paintings featuring charcoal drawings and polychrome paintings of contemporary local fauna and human hands, created between 18,500 and 14,000 years ago during the Upper Palaeolithic by Paleo human settlers. The earliest paintings in the cave were executed around 35,600 years ago.

Arizona, Honanki Heritage Site. Pictographs made by the Sinagua people

Native American, Indian rock art at Buckhorn Draw Petroglyphs, San Rafael Swell, Utah, USA, North America

ABSIDE ROMANICO-DET ARCO:RELIEVE DE MUSICO Y BAILARINA. Location: SEO DEL SALVADOR, LA. SARAGOSSA. Saragossa Zaragoza. SPAIN.

ABRIGO DE LOS ALCORES (67/1R): DETALLES DEL PANEL CON PINTURAS.

Rock art in the cave of Altamira Santillana del Mar

Painting in the initiation area of Songo, a Dogon tribe village in Mali

High angle view of Nazca lines, Nazca, Peru

Egypt - Esna (Isna). Temple of Khnum. Hieroglyphed inscriptions. Ptolemaic dynasty

Runestone, 11th century AD, Taeng and Ginnar built this stone in memory of their father and brothers, Uppsala, Uppsala County, Sweden, Europe

Ancient Egypt. Carrying the sacred boat to Karnak.

ABRIGO DEL CANTO DEL PICO. PINTURAS.

Cave paintings between 4000 and 5000 years old, Gruta do Janelao, Peruacu, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, South America

Xi’an, China

Sigiriya (Lion Rock) frescoes or ancient wall paintings, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sri Lanka, Asia

Petroglyphs made by Ancestral Puebloans, Big Man Panel, Grand Gulch, Cedar Mesa, Bears Ears National Monument, Utah

Colourful reliefs of the Moche culture on adobe walls, Huaca de la Luna, Trujillo province, Peru, South America

Cueva de las Manos, Patagonia, Argentina Detail view of primitive art painted on rock at Cueva de las Manos, an archeological site located in the patagonia, Argentina. Copyright: xZoonar.com/DanielxFerreira-LeitesxCiccarinox 10689145

PINTURAS: REPRESENTACIONES ANINALES. SU NUMERACION: PII 1 152 001R.

Prehistoric Rock Painting on Davis Canyon Wall of Five Faces, located in the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park

PETROGLIFOS EN GALICIA.

USA, Utah. Lone Warrior or Wolfman panel pictographs in San Rafael Swell Recreation Area.

Scenic Byway 12 - Animals and Manlike Figures on the Cliffs in Capitol Reef National Park. This photo captures a closeup of Fremont Indian petroglyphs near Highway 24 in Capitol Reef National Park. Location: Capitol Reef National Park, Utah (38.211° N 111.161° W)

PIEZAS DE LA EXPOSICION "ARTE SIN ARTISTAS": REPLICA DEL PANEL CON CABALLO MARTILLEADO DE DOMINGO GARCIA.

Ute Indian petroglyphs, Arches National Park, Moab, Utah, USA. Created 1650 to 1850 AD glyphs are of sheep, horses and dogs

Personaje del Romántico/1981. Museum: COLECION PARTICULAR / MADRID / ESPAÑA. Author: ENRIQUE BRINKMAN.

Symbol picture by Teufelsbruecke, Devil's Bridge, Canton of Uri, Switzerland, Europe

ROCK PAINTING FROM THE CAVE OF PINDAL - INJURED MAMMOTH. Location: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO-COLECCION. Oviedo. ASTURIAS. SPAIN.

capitel con un ciervo corriendo, , siglo VI, escalona, Museo de los Concilios y la Cultura Visigoda, Iglesia de San Román,Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.

Pre-Hispanic petroglyphs. Stopover for caravans linking the altiplano to the Pacific coast. Hierbas Buenas, Atacama Desert, Chile.

Azerbaijan. Gobustan. Stone Age Petroglyphes

NORWAY. Begby. Boats (1000 BC.). Bronze Age. Petroglyph.

The Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III (858-824 BC) Assyrian, about 827 BC. The obelisk was erected in the centre of Nimrud, shortly before Shalmaneser III's death. It records the king's campaigns, showing tribute brought from all directions. The stone itself is a fine-grain black limestone streaked with white.

Decoration with red Tyrolean eagles, fresco, Bath Hall, Castel Roncolo, Renon, near Bolzano, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, 14th century.

Iran, Persepolis, Reception Hall 'Apadana', relief of cow

Reliefs of pairs of breasts with necklace, Allée couverte of the dolmens of Kerguntuil (also Kerguntuilh), Trégastel, Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany, France, Europe

ARTE RUPESTRE. PINTURA. CUEVA DE TITO BUSTILLO EN RIBADESELLA. ASTURIAS. DETALLE DEL GRAN PANEL. CABALLO.

POMPEII, ITALY, MAY 04, 2022, Pompeiian inhabitants petrified in their last situation of life, Southern Italy

Ute Indian petroglyphs, Arches National Park, Moab, Utah, USA. Created 1650 to 1850 AD glyphs are of sheep, horses and dogs

Ardennes, Sedan, France, Europe

Chinese characters in relief on bronze surface, close-up

Shawnee petroglyphs of rock art found on a large rock that have recently been painted to easily show a viewer the patterns used

PLATO DE CERAMICA CON PICADOR Y TORO. Author: PABLO PICASSO.

Pre_Columbian geoglyphs, Norte Grande, Arica, Chile, South America

Female archaeologist restoring a Roman mosaic, Villa Romana, Sicily, Southern Italy, Europe

Egyptian model from a tomb showing a grain store above a butchery scene; two cows are tied up and ready to be slaughtered. (2134-1783 BC)

Mosaics, Roman excavation site, Nora, Sardinia, Italy, Europe

France, French Riviera, Cote d'Azur, Cannes, Palais des Festivals, Sidewalk Handprint of Dennis Hopper

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