Ancient Rock Art and Petroglyphs

Exploring diverse rock art and petroglyphs from various regions, featuring intricate designs of people and animals in earthy tones.

Petroglyphs, Utah

Namibia, Brandberg Nature Reserve. Rock painting of 2000-year-old 'White Lady' in Tissue Ravine

Full frame shot of rock paintings, Monticello, San Juan Country, Utah, USA

Ancient rock art, drawings of the San people, indigenous people of South Africa, Sevilla Rock Art Trail, Cederberg mountains, Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa

petroglyph, prehistoric ungulate, Aït Ouazik rock deposit, late Neolithic, Morocco, Africa.

Paintings on rock

New Mexico

CUEVA PINTADA DE GALDAR (197). PINTURAS GALDAR, GRAN CANARIA, ESPAÑA.

Prehistoric rock paintings of boats, Helleristningane pa Solbakk, Solbakk, Norway, Europe

The Khavtsgait Petroglyphs dating from between 8000 BC and 3000 BC in Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park between Dalanzadgad to Khongoryn Els in the southern Gobi Desert in southern Mongolia.

Beautiful cave drawings in Magura cave, Bulgaria

Rock art painting at Pedra Furada, Unesco site Serra da Capivara National Park, Piaui, Brazil, South America

Head of Sinbad Pictographs

Unesco world heritage site the rock carvings of Alta, Norway, Europe

GIRAFFE - ROCK PAINTING AT THE TIMEZOUZINE COAT. Location: ABRIGOS DEL SAHARA. TASSILI. ALGERIA.

Prehistoric rock carvings in the Lope National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Gabon, Africa

Rock carvings, petroglyph, Youf Ahakit, Tassili du Hoggar, Wilaya Tamanrasset, Sahara Desert, Algeria, North Africa, Africa

PINTURA - 1955 - TECNICA MIXTA (OLEO Y ARENA)/LIENZO - 96X145,2CM. Author: ANTONI TAPIES (1923-2012). Location: MUSEO NACIONAL DE ARTE REINA SOFIA-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Rock carving of a cow, Tin Taghirt, Tassili n´Ajjer, Algeria, North Africa, Africa

Running Warrior, 'Period of the Horse' Late 2nd millennium BC. Rock engraving, Wadi Djerat in the Tassili massif, central Sahara Desert, Algeria.

Maya, Maya Murals, San Bartolo, Guatemala, Dr. Bill Saturno

Detail of the Aboriginal rock art at the Art Gallery in Carnarvon Gorge, Carnarvon National Park, Queensland, Australia. showing a close-up of hand prints produced using the stencil art technique

ESTACION DE ARTE RUPESTRE DE DOMINGO GARCIA, ROCA A. PROYECTO SIGAREP II.

Prehistoric painting on the wall of a cave on Koh Phi Phi, Phangnga Bay, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

6000-7000 years old stone-age rock carvings, Hjemmeluft UNESCO World Heritage site, Alta, Finnmark, Norway.

United States, State of Arizona, Scottsdale. Anasazi petroglyphs, Frank Lloyd Wright Taliesin West Compound.

CUEVA DEL REGUERILLO. OTRA INSCRIPCION PINTADA EN NEGRO. ESTA MUY CUBIERTA DE BARRO. JAy neche LA FECHA NO SE VE MUY BIEN.A PARTIR DE LA COLUMA MADRID, ESPAÑA.

Petroglyph at Suns Eye Monument Valley Tribal Park Arizona Utah

CUEVA DE LOS LETREROS (93), PINTURAS RUPESTRES, ARTE FIGURATIVO, ANIMALES CAPRIDOS, CERVIDOS Y BOVIDOS (CABRAS, CIERVOS Y TOROS) . ALMERÍA, ANDALUCIA, ESPAÑA.

Aboriginal rock paintings at Nourlangie Rock, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia, Oceania

Rock art in the cave of Altamira Santillana del Mar

figuras humanas frente una hoguera. , Pinturas rupestres que datan entre el año 3.000 y 2.000 Antes de Cristo (Calcolítico-Edad de Bronce), Valosandero, Soria, Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla, Spain, Europe.

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.

Depiction of human and animals, rock paintings, rock art at Alta, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

opus signinum pavement, 1st century BC, Contrebia Leucade, Aguilar del Rio Alhama, Museum of Romanization, Calahorra, La Rioja, Spain, Europe.

Rupestral engraving Tassili N'ajjer Sahara Algeria

Africa, Botswana, Tsodillo Hills. Bushman paintings

Close-up of a mural on a rock, Nourlangie, Arnhem Land, Australia

figuras humanas frente una hoguera. , Pinturas rupestres que datan entre el año 3.000 y 2.000 Antes de Cristo (Calcolítico-Edad de Bronce), Valosandero, Soria, Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla, Spain, Europe.

Petroglyphs, ancient drawings scratched into volcanic rock, created as long as 700 years ago at Petroglyph National Monument, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. USA.

Hopi petroglyph of Hey Hey'A, the head of a water serpent, who appears before spring corn planting. Located on a rock face wall near the town of Old Oriabi, Arizona

Tomb of Ramesses III, Pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty in Ancient Egypt. reigned from 1186 to 1155 BC and is considered to be the last monarch of the New Kingdom to wield any substantial authority over Egypt. Tomb KV11 is located in the main valley of the Valley of the Kings. The tomb has been open since antiquity, and has been known variously as Bruce's Tomb (named after James Bruce who entered the tomb in 1768) and The Harper's Tomb (due to paintings of two blind harpers in the tomb).

Tassili rock painting, Tanzoumaitak, Algeria, Africa

stone carvings of ships from the iron age ostfold, oslofjord, norway.

Rupestral painting in the Cave of Lascaux II France

Human figure, graffito no 26, Kriemhildenstuhl, Roman quarry, Bad Duerkheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Roman civilization, 3rd century AD.

Roman mosaic in the Neptune Therme, Terme di Nettuno, Ostia Antica, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

USA, Utah. Head of Sinbad Panel pictographs in San Rafael Swell Recreation Area.

Wall painting inside the Theban Tomb of Roy (TT255), in Dra' Abu el-Naga'. It forms part of the Theban Necropolis, situated on the west bank of the Nile opposite Luxor. The sepulchre is the burial place of the Ancient Egyptian official, Roy, who lived at the end of the 18th dynasty, during the reign of Horemheb. Roy was a Royal Scribe in the Estates of Horemheb and of Amun. His wife, who appears with him in the tomb paintings, is named as Nebtawy, or 'Tawy'

PALOMA SIMBOLO DE LA PAZ. Location: CATACUMBAS DE SANT AGNESE. Rome. ITALIA.

Petroglyphs in Petroglyph Canyon, San Rafael Swell, Utah.

Newspaper Rock, S.P., UT Near Monticello. Petroglyphs.

Rock art, Twyfelfontein, Damaraland, Namibia, Africa

Hunters or warriors from Valltorta, 6000 BC. Mesolithic. SPAIN.

CUEVA PINTADA DE GALDAR (197). DETALLE GRABADOS GALDAR, GRAN CANARIA, ESPAÑA.

Saudi Arabia, Najran, Bir Hima. One of the country's most important rock art sites is remote Bir Hima where hundreds of petroglyphs and ancient inscriptions in Thamudic and Sabean (or Sabaic) scripts have been incised in cliffs and overhangs.

Indian petroglyphs of the Anasazi, Atlatl rock, Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, USA, North America

Cleopatra Panel, a Barrier style Pictograph at Hog Springs., Utah.

Stone relief, Museum Insel Hombroich, Neuss-Holzheim, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Relief depicting The royal lion hunt. Assyrian, about 645-635 BC From Nineveh, North Palace. Lions hit by the king's arrows collapse and die. Keepers with dogs are stationed on the edge of the arena to deter any lions from trying to escape

Graffiti in the form of Haida artwork Prince Rupert British Columbia Canada

ESTACION DE ARTE RUPESTRE DE DOMINGO GARCIA, ROCA C. PROYECTO SIGAREP II.

Pictograph on rock near Prince Rupert in northern British Columbia, Canada

Group of painted warriors or hunters, neolithic rock art at Arakokem, Adrar Tekemberet, Immidir, Algeria, Sahara, North Africa, Africa

Aboriginal art circa 1890 depicting a European sailing ship. Bathurst Head, Queensland, Australia

Layou, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Petroglyph Rock in Layou Petroglyph Park.

Picardie, St Valery sur Somme, France

TEMPLO DE DENDERA, DEDICADO A LA DIOSA HATHOR: LAGO SAGRAGO, GABADOS EN LAS PAREDES.

Ancient PETROGLYPHS in CHAMA RIVER CANYON (Georgia O'Keefe Country) verify the ANASAZI'S presence here

CUEVA DE AMBROSIO, PINTURAS RUPESTRES. PANEL CON CABEZA DE CABALLO O EQUIDO. ALMERIA, ANDALUCIA, ESPAÑA.

Newspaper Rock State Historical Monument, Needles District of Canyonlands National Park. contains 350 pictographs from the Desert Archaic, Anasazi, Fremont, Navajo and Ute periods

Cave of the Hands. ARGENTINA. SANTA CRUZ. Detail of the paintings. Neolithic art. Fresco.

Reliefs of female breasts in the dolmen of Kerguntuil near Tregastel, Brittany, France, Europe

Painted cave (cueva pintada), Museo Canario, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, Europe

Ancient drawings in the Baths and baths in the archaeological ruins of the Butrint or Butrinto National Park in Albania

A small portion of the new mosaic: the geometric design is probably formed by a sequence of hexagons with a pair of facing peltas in the center, rendered with colored tiles. It has been discovered at the end of 2019. Its situated in the thermal complex of Lacus Baianus, Marine Protected Area of Baia, Naples, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea

San (bushmen) rock painting, Cedarburg, Western Cape

Lobster, mosaic floor in the Roman Baths of Bevagna, Umbria, Italy, Roman civilization, 2nd century.

Viking Picture stone in Bunge, Gotland, Sweden, Europe

Greenland, Qaqortoq. South Greenland's largest town. Rock art part of cultural project called Stone and man 18 Nordic artists works displayed around town. Marine life, fish & whales.

Rock art, Cave of the Hands, Santa Cruz, Argentina

Fragment of a Roman mosaic with frieze that decorated the pavements of the palace. Southwest corridor. 4th-6th centuries. Great Palace Mosaic Museum. Istanbul, Turkey.

Rock paintings, Junco Valley, Arronches, Alentejo, Portugal, Europe

CUEVA DE SANTIMAMIÑE. BISONTE. VIZCAYA, PAIS VASCO, ESPAÑA.

Ancient prehistoric petroglyph carved by indigenous First Nations people in the Great Bear Rainforest region, Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada.

Hand abdress by Louis des Six Doigt at Finhaut Hand Abdruecke by Louis des Six Doigt at FinHaut

Grabmal des Teodomiro Grabmal des Teodomir

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