Petroglyphs and Ancient Art

A series of ancient rock art, including petroglyphs and pictographs, depicting animals and human figures, showcasing the rich cultural heritage of early civilizations across South America.

USA, Utah. Ancient Native American pictograph, defaced, near Capitol Reef National Park

DETALLE DEL GRAN PANEL CON LA CACERIA DE ONAGROS SITUADO EN LA PARED OCCIDENTAL DEL GRAN SALON - SIGLO VIII - PINTURA OMEYA. Location: CASTILLO. QUSEIR AMRA.

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

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

Wall relief from the Tomb of Idu, in the Giza Necropolis, Cairo, Egypt. G7102 or Idu's Mastaba, lies to the east of Queen Hetepheres pyramid in the Great Pyramid complex. He was an official of the sixth dynasty, probably during the reign of Pepi I. He held the titles "Scribe of the Royal Documents", Pepi I Meryre (reigned 2332 2287 BC) as the third king of the Sixth dynasty of Egypt

Bajo arenas rojas/1976. Museum: COLECION PARTICULAR / MADRID / ESPAÑA. Author: CESAR MANRIQUE.

Mural paintings Mural paintings, pilgrims, Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Alaitza, Álava, Spain, Europe Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 21313804

Stone Age cave painting from France

18th Dynasty tomb of Paheri, at Elkab,south of Thebes, Egypt. dating from of the New Kingdom in the middle of the 18th Dynasty, under the reign of Thutmosis III. The tomb had already been located by the scholars of the Egyptian expedition in 1799. The titles associated with Paheri are those of nomarch (governor prince) and scribe. He is often called nomarch of Nekheb and Anyt

DETALLE DE LA REPRODUCCION DE LAS CUEVAS DE ALTAMIRA. Location: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Warrior with weapon, shield and helmet, Etruscan rock drawing, Seradina, Val Camonica, UNESCO World Heritage Site Val Camonica, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

Tumba TT-104 Tutnefer. Egipto.

Egyptian tomb wall painting from Thebes, Luxor. Dated 11th Century BC

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

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

San rock art near Game Pass Shelter, Kamberg, uKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Stone Age petroglyphs and new graffiti in Arabic script, Ouadane, Adrar Region, Mauritania, Africa

glass Chama glass Chama, polychrome ceramics, late postclassic, museum of the central square, Chichicastenango, municipality of the department of El Quiché, Guatemala, Central America Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 22072816

Petroglyph, National-Culture-Museum, Pretoria, South Africa, Africa

Rupestral painting cave of Roucadour Lot France

Australia, Northern Territory, Kakadu NP. The Anbangbang Shelter at Nourlangie Rock, a fearsome spirit painted by Nayombolmi.

NORWAY. FINNMARK. Petroglyphs of Alta. Rock No. 7. Neolithic art. Cave.

PINTURA DE 1959. Author: CESAR MANRIQUE CABRERA. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Painted group of people, neolithic rockart at Tin Meskis, Adrar n'Ahnet, Algeria, Sahara, North Africa, Africa

Detail from wall carving of Eagle-headed protective spirit. Assyrian, (approx. 865-860 BC). From the North-West Palace in Nimrud.

Stela of Granja de Toninuelo. Granite. Early-Middle Bronze Age. Jerez de los Caballeros, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. National Archaeological Museum, Madrid. Spain. Detail.

USA, Arizona, Canyon de Chelly, Petroglyphs.

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

Australia, Northern Territory, Kakadu, Aboriginal Rock Painting

Rock paintings in the Unesco world heritage, Ennedi Plateau, Chad, Africa

Rock engravings on the rocks of Tin Taghirt, Algeria, Africa

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.

Tumba de Paheri. Paheri era el nieto de Ahmose hijo de Ebana, y sirvió bajo las órdenes de Tutmosis III. Ostentó varios cargos, fue Intendente de Nekheb, así como Escriba de Amon, Tutor del Príncipe, y Jefe de los sacerdotes de la diosa Nejbet, entre otros.

Rock sculpture, vidisha, madhya pradesh, india Copyright: xJagdishxAgarwal/DinodiaxPhotox

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

Italy, Sicily, Lipari, Roman art on pottery

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.

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.

Old wall with painting on traditional house, Tangqi Ancient Town, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China

Rock inscriptions, El Cementerio in the Barranco las Canales, El Paso, La Palma, Spain, Europe

PINTURAS DE ARTE CUATERNARIO. Location: CUEVA DE SAN ROMAN. CANDAMO. ASTURIAS. SPAIN.

Brick with incised pattern. Comalcalco, Tabasco, Mexico. Classic recent (600-900 AD). Clay. This part come from the structure of the site Comalco.

PIEZA-VISTA POSTERIOR. Location: EGYPTIAN MUSEUM. KAIRO. EGYPT.

Courtyard of the Temple of Rameses III at Medinet Habu, Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu was an important New Kingdom period temple structure in the West Bank of Luxor in Egypt. The temple has inscribed reliefs depicting the advent and defeat of the Sea Peoples during the reign of Ramesses III. Initial excavation of the temple took place sporadically between 1859 and 1899

Sandstone relief with matrons, Heidenfelsen, spring sanctuary, Biedenbachtal, near Kindsbach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Gallo-Roman civilization, 3rd century AD.

Africa, Zimbabwe, South Matabeleland province, Matobo National Park, the Matobo Mounts classified on the World Heritage of Unesco list since 2003, paintings representing warriors made by bushmen

North Africa, Sahara, Algeria, Tassili N'Ajjer National Park, Tadrart, neolithic rock art, engraving of a group of people playing with a ball

Niger, Agadez, Awiderer. Ancient hunter-gatherer rock engravings.

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

hieroglyph texture

Italy, Lombardy, Valcamonica, Foppi di Nadro, 1000BC rock carvings depicting battles.

Jordan, Wadi Rum, Khazali Canyon. A 1,600 years old petroglyph engraved on a boulder in Khazali Canyon depicts human figures, a man shooting an ibex and footprints which in Bedouin culture mean a source of water.

Bushman petroglyphs at Twyfelfontein, some may be up to 6000 years old; in Namibia, Africa

Boch, siglo I a.C. Procedente de Numancia, Garray, museo Numantino de Soria, Soria, Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla, Spain, Europe.

Petrogylph Rock in Layou Petroglyph Park, St. Vincent, St. Vincent and The Grenadines, Windward Islands, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

French lily, rock engraving, Crusader city of Akko, Acre, Israel, Middle East, Asia

ABRIGO DE LA ENFERMERIA II (109/3-2R): CONSERVACION. PINTADAS.

Australia, Queensland, Great Barrier Reef, Flinders Island, Aboriginal cave paintings

Famous prehistoric rock paintings of Tassili N'Ajjer, Algeria

A photograph taken of the Red Chapel of Hatshepsut (the Chapelle Rouge) constructed initially as a barque shrine during the reign of Hatshepsut, the fifth pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty of Ancient Egypt and ruled from approximately 1479 to 1458 BC. Although it had been demolished and parts were reused in antiquity, following rediscovery, the chapel has been reconstructed using its original materials. Its original location is thought to have been in the central court of the temple of Amun at Karnak, near Thebes.

Mexico, Teotihuacan. Ancient murals from pre-hispanic (Olmec/Maya/Aztec) city of Teotihuacan, 100-700AD.

Decorated stone block at the entrance to the burial chamber, Neolithic barrow, Newgrange, County Meath, Ireland, passage grave, Europe

Paintings, etchings and petroglyphs of Twyfelfontein, in Namibia, Africa

RETRATO DE SU HIJA - DETALLE DE LAS MANOS - SIGLO XIX - IMPRESIONISMO FRANCES - (CONJ Nº 63039). Author: BERTHE MORISOT (1841-1895). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

ABRIGO DE LA DEHESA O LAS ROTURAS (27003/1R): DETALLE FIGURAS PARTE DERECHA DEL PANEL II.

Mexico, Tabasco state, Usumancinta province, Pomoná archaeological mayan site, dated 795 A.D

Rock art at the Tombs, a sacred area used as a burial site by the Aboriginal inhabitants of the region. Vandals and grave robbers had desecrated the spot by 1902 before archeologists had a chance to study them. But there is still some stencil art under a sandstone overhang, including some freehand paintings of kangaroo feet. Mount Moffatt Section, Carnarvon National Park, Central Queensland, Australia

Cueva de las Manos del Rio Pinturas, Cave of the Hands, Patagonia, Province of Santa Cruz, Argentina

historical drawing of a three-masted sailing ship on the wall, Es Fortí, Cala dOr, Santanyí, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Historic petroglyphs from native Americans on Atlatl Rock in the Valley of Fire, USA, North America

Mural painting in Venice

Aboriginal rock art, Nangaluwur Art Site, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia, Oceania

Fremont-style petroglyphs at the McConkie Ranch, Vernal, Utah, United States, North America

Neolithic rock painting, humans with masks, unidentified style, Tadrast region, Tadjelahine Plateau, Tassili n'Ajjer National Park, Unesco World Heritage Site, Algeria, Africa

Australia, the Kimberley, Raft Point. Wandjina figures, aboriginal paintings

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

Close-up of a cave painting, Moab, Utah, USA

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

PINTURA MURAL DE LA CASA DEL SALON NEGRO - SIGLO I. Location: CIUDAD ROMANA. ITALIA.

Aboriginal rock art, Aboriginal rock paintings near Cannon Hill, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia

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

Sweden, Bohuslan, Tanumshede, Bronze Age carving detail of the Tanum area showing man with big sexual organ

A photograph taken within the Karnak Open Air Museum, an archaeological museum in Luxor, Egypt. It is located in the north-western corner of the Precinct of Amon-Re at the Karnak complex.

Rock carving at Sitio Barrilles, Sito Archeologico di Chiriqui, Panama, Central America

Aboriginal wall painting, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia, Oceania

CUEVA DE SIETE ALTARES, ANTIGUA ERMITA O SANTUARIO DE EREMITAS VISIGODOS (S. VII), CON RESTOS DE PINTURAS RUPESTRES. PROYECTO SIGAREP II.

Arizona, Coconino National Forest, Palatki Heritage Site, Pictographs at Roasting Pit site

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

Roman mosaics, 1st century BC, in the Roman Villa of Torre Llauder or Can Llauder, Mataró, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

Petroglyphs or rock engravings, Twyfelfontein, UNESCO World Heritage site, Damaraland, Kunene Region, Namibia.

Mosaic that decorated the pavement of a peristyle court, in the ancient Palace of the Byzantine Empire, built by order of Constantine (4th century), known as the Great Palace of Constantinople. South-western hall. Hunting leopards. Dated to the 4th-6th centuries. Great Palace Mosaic Museum (Büyük Saray Mozaikleri Müzesi). Istanbul, Turkey.

Hunters, rock carving, Bronze Age, Fossum, Tanum, Bohuslan, Sweden

Fresco decoration, crypt of the excavations from the 4th century, Crypta degli Scavi, Basilica of Aquileia from the 11th century, largest floor mosaic of the Western Roman Empire, UNESCO World Heritage Site, important city in the Roman Empire, Friuli, Italy, Aquileia, Friuli, Italy, Europe

San (bushmen) rock painting, Cedarburg, Western Cape

Sweden, Bohuslan, Tanumshede, Bronze Age carving detail of the Tanum area

India, Maharashtra, Ajanta, Ajanta Caves. Interior detail of ornate painted ceiling. UNESCO.

Roman mosaics, 1st century BC, in the Roman Villa of Torre Llauder or Can Llauder, Mataró, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

Pre historic rock paintings at Porivarai in Karikkiyoor, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

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