Prehistoric Rock Art

Cave paintings from various global cultures, illustrating ancient wildlife and human figures, reflecting early artistic expression and storytelling.

Aboriginal rock art, near Anbangbang Shelter, at Burrunggui (Nourlangie Rock), Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia

Rock paintings made by San bushmen at the site of the famous White Lady at the Brandberg Mountain, Namibia.

Aboriginal rock art, near Anbangbang Shelter, at Burrunggui (Nourlangie Rock), Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia

Ancient rock art, Big Cave Camp, Matopos Hills, near Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, Africa

Pictograph in Naramata in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Canada.

Africa, Botswana, Tsodilo Hills. Ancient Bushman rock art. (UNESCO World Heritage Site)

Rock art paintings of Laas Geel, near Hargeisa, Somaliland, Somalia, Africa Copyright: MichaelxRunkel 1184-11425

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

Australia, Northern Territory, Kakadu National ,Park Anbangbang Shelter, aboriginal rock painting

Bushman engravings at Twyfelfontein, UNESCO World Heritage Site. Damaraland, Kuene Region, Namibia.

Rock art, Cave Museum, Giant's Castle Game Reserve, Central Drakensberg, uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Petroglyph by San Bushman of Elephant. Private game ranch, Great Karoo, South Africa.

USA, Colorado, Dinosaur National Monument. Fremont culture pictographs on a sandstone wall.

Ancient rock paintings at the Pre-Aksumite settlement of Qohaito (Koloe), Eritrea, Africa

White Lady, famous rock rock painting in the Tsisab Gorge, Brandberg, Erongo region, Namibia, Africa

Chad, Elikeo, Ennedi, Sahara. A rock art panel depicting humans and decorated cattle.

Pre-Columbian rock painting in La Linea stalactite cave, Los Haitises National Park, Dominican Republic, Central America

Pictographs that are 10,000 years old, El Vizcaino Biosphere Reserve, Mexico

Rock engravings, Twyfelfontein, Namibia, Africa

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

Ancient rock art, Big Cave Camp, Matopos Hills, near Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, Africa

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Aboriginal rock art depicting European ships circa 1890. Bathurst Head, Queensland, Australia.

Aboriginal rock art, stencil art, approx. 2000 years old, showing depictions of hands, boomerangs, rock wallaby bones and emu feet, Art Gallery, Carnarvon Gorge, Carnarvon N. P. Queensland, Australia, Oceania

Australia, Nourlangie, Kakadu. Aboriginal paintings

Aboriginal paintings, Mount Uluru, Ayers Rock, Kata Tjuta National Park, Northern Territory, Australia CAP/MEL Mel Longhurst/ Copyright: xMelxLonghurstx/CapitalxPicturesx RECORD DATE NOT STATED

Engraving representing a figure in 18th century dress carrying a floral branch, representing an alchemist () carrying a fruit or a flower - Mercantour NP - Alpes Maritimes - France

Rock painting, Ennedi region, Chad

Rock paintings at Inchalt, Ghat, Akakus, Libya, North Africa, Africa

Libya, Fezzan, Jebel Akakus. A pair of running figures painted onto the walls of Uan Muhuggiag, one of Wadi Teshuinat's caves.

Aboriginal paintings, Mount Uluru, Ayers Rock, Kata Tjuta National Park, Northern Territory, Australia CAP/MEL Mel Longhurst/ Copyright: xMelxLonghurstx/CapitalxPicturesx RECORD DATE NOT STATED

Italy, Campania, Pompei, fresco of pig's house

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

Five thousand year_old cave paintings in Lass Geel caves, Somaliland, northern Somalia, Africa

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Petroglyphs on sedimentary rocks from the Cenozoic (Grupo Trombetas, Formacao Nhamanda) at an archaeological site. Lago Sao Joao, Rio Negro a few km upstream from Ayrao Velho, Amazonas, Brazil, 10-5-12

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Sennacherib in his chariot. Assyrian relief from Sennacherib's Palace. 7th cent. BC.

Ancient petroglyphs seen at Parowan Gap.

Australia, Northern Territory, Billabong, Arnhemland, aboriginal rock painting

Barrier Style Rock Art, showcase pictographs (estimated time frame of 1500 to 4000 years), in Sego Canyon near Moab, Utah, United States.

Vintage Photograph. Ancient handprints on rock showcase prehistoric art and culture.

Aboriginal Rock Paintings: X-ray style of fish and recent painting of sailing ship . Kakadu National Park (World Heritage Area), Northern Territory, Australia.

Rock engraving of a cow, neolithic rock art, Tadrart region, Tassili n'Ajjer National Park, Unesco World Heritage Site, Algeria, Sahara, North Africa, Africa

Newspaper Rock National Historical Site, near Canyonlands National Monument, Utah, USA, North America

National Mongolian History Museum 3000 BC Carving Ulan Batar Mongolia

Cave painting on a rock, Utah, USA

Close_up of First Nations pictograph along the Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada

Australia, Northern Territory, Arnhem Land, nr Mt Borradaile. Aboriginal rock art in 'Major Art' shelter

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

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

Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Sheikh 'Abd al-Qurna, Tomb of city governor and vizier Hepu, Mural painting showing craftsmen

Libya - Sahara desert - Fezzan Region - Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Akakus (Acacus) (UNESCO World Heritage Site, 1985). Rock paintings at Uadi Tashuinat

Tumba de Setau o Sethau (EK-4), Elkab, Egipto.

Australia, Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park. Uluru trail, Kulpi Mutitjulu, historic cave filled with aboriginal rock art. (Editorial Use Only) (Large format sizes available)

Aboriginal art adorns the side of a cliff in the central outback of Australia.

Japanned tray depicting Mr Sadlers Ascension from the crescent. Circa 1823.

Famous prehistoric rock paintings of Tassili N'Ajjer, Algeria

Barrier Style Rock Art, showcase pictographs (estimated time frame of 1500 to 4000 years), in Sego Canyon near Moab, Utah, United States.

Carvings in Cave Rock

Ancient petroglyphs along trail on route to Delicate Arch Arches Natl Park USA Utah

Chad, Gaora Hallagana, Ennedi, Sahara. An ancient rock painting of human figures and their livestock during the Pastoral Period.

Pre-Columbian rock painting in La Linea stalactite cave, Los Haitises National Park, Dominican Republic, Central America

Petroglyph on greenstone, granite of Archaean age, of unknown origin. Aboriginal owners disclaim authorship and say the designs were done by legendary spirits. Such abstract forms are typical of NW Australias desert rock art and are among Australias oldest rock art. The granite is an outcrop of a greenstone batholith, part of the buoyant greenstone raft that coalesced to form the Pilbara Block foundations over three billion years ago. . Eastern Pilbara, Western Australia

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

Human Figures & Animals Prehistoric Art Cave Painting Tassili N'Ajjer, Algeria

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petroglyphs, Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona

Bushmen (san) rock painting depicting human figures, Drakensberg mountains, South Africa

Australia, Northern Territory, Billabong, Arnhemland, aboriginal rock painting

Bushman Cave Painting Calvinia Distric Of The Western Cape Province Prehistoric Art(- )

Sweden - Vastra Gotaland County - Norrkoping. Rock carvings in Tanum or Tanumshede (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1994), Scandinavian Bronze Age. Detail of rock paintings depicting boats.

Stone drawings, Alta, Norway, Europe

ARTE PREHISTORICO. ESPAA. Pinturas de la Edad del Bronce en el ABRIGO DEL DESFILADERO DE COVARRUBIA. Fresnedo. Asturias.

Ancient petroglyphs seen at Parowan Gap.

ARTE PREHISTORICO. PALEOLITICO. FRANCIA. CUEVA DE NIAUX. Representación de un REBECO de silueta negra de gran fuerza. Salón Negro. Pinturas fechadas en el periodo MAGDALENIENSE. PALEOLITICO SUPERIOR (35.000-10.000 a.C.) Departamento de Ariege. Francia.

Niger, Agadez, Tirreghamis. A large ancient hunter-gatherer rock engraving of the bulbous figure of an armed warrior 3,000-4,000 years old.

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Famous prehistoric rock paintings of Tassili N'Ajjer, Algeria

Ancient Carvings Aztec Eagle Warriors Palace, Templo Mayor, Mexico City, Mexico. Great Aztec Temple created from 1325 to 1521.

Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Sheikh 'Abd al-Qurna, Mural paintings in Tomb of Amon's treasury official Khonsmose

Cueva de las Manos or Cave of Hands, murals, 7000-1000 BC, Santa Cruz, Argentina, South America

ROCK PAINTING. BISON PAINTED BETWEEN 13000 AND 10000 BCE - MAGDALENIAN. Location: CUEVA DEL CASTILLO. VIESGO BRIDGE. Cantabria. SPAIN.

Mural paintings Mural paintings, Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Alaitza, Álava, Spain, Europe Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 21313919

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

Dougga, Beja, Tunisia. Mosaic floor at the Roman ruins.

Aboriginal rock painting (Nabulwinjbulwinj) at Nourlangie Rock, Kakadu National Park, Australia, Oceania

USA, Arizona, V Bar V Heritage Site, Petroglyphs.

Painted warrior, neolithic rock art at Tin Meskis, Adrar N'Ahnet, Algeria, Sahara, North Africa, Africa

Painted group of people, neolithic rock art at Tin Meskis, Adrar N'Ahnet, Algeria, Sahara, North Africa, Africa

Pre-Columbian rock painting in La Linea stalactite cave, Los Haitises National Park, Dominican Republic, Central America

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.

Newspaper Rock Petroglyph panel. Archaeological Site. Bridges National Monument. Utah, USA.

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

The rock carvings of Alta, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Finnmark, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Petroglyphs at Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, USA.

Rock carvings, Hornes, Skjeberg, Norway, Bronze Age.

Hieroglyphics in Egyptian Museum

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

Beautiful cave drawings in Magura cave, Bulgaria

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