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Albuquerque, New Mexico,  USA, Oct 1, 2021: designs and symbols carved on Volcanic Rocks in Petroglyph National Monument.
Nearly a thousand years ago natives inhabited the lower elevations around the San Francisco Peaks of Arizona. In an area so dry it would seem impossible to live, they built pueblos, harvested rainwater, grew crops and raised families. Today the remnants of their villages dot the landscape along with their other artifacts. These petroglyphs were found on Magnetic Mesa in Wupatki National Monument near Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.
Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Medina, Al-Ula. Petroglyphs at the Dadan visitor center, site of an ancient kingdom.
Ground granite rock with two groups of concentric circles, Pena de Chaos petroglyphs decoration and ancestral art , Antas de Ulla, Lugo province, Galicia, Spain, set in early Bronze Age. Petroglyphs are of public free access.
Eastern (upstream) Section (mostly geometric/abstract designs). Close-up of geometric (abstract) engraving. Driekopseiland (Island) is a rock engraving site located in the bed of the Riet River near Plooysburg, close to Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa. At this site, nearly 4,000 exposed individual engravings are carved into glaciated basement rock. It is estimated that the petroglyphs were probably engraved in two distinct periods, the first about 2500 years ago, and the latter more or less 1000 years ago. The engravings at Driekopseiland are associated with cultural rituals and more specifically with puberty rites,
Hand-drawn rocks (Petroglyphs) in Cholpon-Ata city, Kyrgyzstan.\nNorth of the centre is an extensive field of glacial boulders, many with pictures scratched or picked into their surfaces. Some of these petroglyphs date from the Bronze Age (about 1500 BC), but most are Saka-Usun (8th century BC to 1st century AD), Most are of long-horned ibex.
Panama, Nancitos, rock carvings representing abstract symbols, animals and people
Pu‘uloa Petroglyphs images in the harden lava.\n\ncupules or holes, motifs of circles, other geometric as well as cryptic designs, human representations known as anthropomorphs, canoe sails, turtles and others
A tortoise petroglyph adorns a rock face in Sloan Canyon, Nevada
Pu'u Loa Petroglyphs, holes and circles. The holes were for umbilical cords. The circles around a hole may have indicated status. Worked into a Kilauea phoehoe lava flow. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii County, Hawaii, USA.
Rapa Nui. Petroglyphs on Easter Island, Chile, South America
Mount Wuyi Dahongpao Tea Garden
Petroglyph of shamans (medicine men) performing a trance dance. Wildebeest Kuil is a rocky hill not far from Kimberley/Barkley West in the Northern Cape Province. At this rocky hill more than 200 petroglyphs depicting representational and abstract images can be found. The creators were people from San and Khoe origin.
Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa
petroglyphs depicting an ancient hunt at Issyk-Kul  lake in the place red Cholpan-Ata on the stone. There many many stones
Fish Slough Petroglyphs in the Fish Slough Ecological Reserve, Inyo County, California. Volcanic tableland of Bishop Tuff. Mojave Province. Chidago Canyon Petroglyphs. Prehistoric rock carvings etched into volcanic tuff. Paiute-Shoshone people.
Brown colourful holy stones for preparing Buddist stupa , ladakh landscape Leh, Jammu Kashmir, India
Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape in Azerbaijan, Aerial view of Gobustan national park in Azerbaijan, Ancient petroglyph depicting human figures in Gobustan, Aerial view of popular destinations in Azerbaijan\n\nGobustan State Historical and Cultural Reserve (Azerbaijani: Qobustan dövlət tarixi-bədii qoruğu) is located west of the settlement of Gobustan, about 40 miles (64 km) southwest of the center of Baku. It was established in 1966, when the area was declared a national historical landmark of Azerbaijan in an attempt to preserve the prehistoric rock carvings, mud volcanoes and musical stones in the region.\n\nGobustan State Historical and Cultural Reserve acquired national status in 2006, and Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2007. As of 2011, the Petroglyph Museum functions in the reserve.
Rock signs from the 3rd century before Christ in Navai.
Paintings at La Cieneguilla Petroglyph Site near Santa Fe, NM. The petroglyphs were painted between circa 1400 and 1800 by Keresan-speaking Pueblo Indians.
Falconry, hunting scene man and birds of prey on the stone against mountains. VII-III cc. BC. Cholpon Ata petroglyphs, Issyk Kul, Kyrgyzstan
Cape Of Good Hope in South Africa
Rapa Nui. Petroglyphs on Easter Island, Chile, South America
Indigenous people have been carving in rock for thousands of years as a means of written communication.  Petroglyphs are either images, designs or symbols chiseled, carved or scratched on the surface of the rock.  Many of these carvings have endured over the centuries and are still visible today.  The image on the right side of this rock depicts a round face.  Modern natives in this area identify this as a Kachina, or spirit being.  Research suggests that the Kachina Culture came to this area around 1300AD.  Similar Kachina symbols are used in modern Puebloan pottery and weavings which helps make the connection from past to present.  We don’t always know the true meaning of these carvings or how to interpret them.  And maybe it’s not our place to try.  We can however enjoy them for their artistry.  These petroglyphs were photographed at Puerco Pueblo in Petrified Forest National Park near Holbrook, Arizona, USA.
Ancient petroglyph at Three rivers petroglyph site in New Mexico, USA.
Don't throw stones: they might hurt people below, says sign in Hermanus.
Cave paintings of Chiquita Rock shelter at Villuercas geopark. Canamero, Caceres, Extremadura, Spain
A photo of mountains and boulders, Western Cape, South Africa
Hawaiian petrology carved in lava
Sheep's Head, Co Cork, Ireland
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