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Ancient bushmen rock engravings (petroglyphs) at Twyfelfontain in Damaraland, Namibia

Petroglyphs in the Valley of Fire Nevada

Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Hail Province, Jubbah. Ancient petroglyph of ostriches and other animals at the Jubbah rock art site at Ob Sinman Mountain.

Petroglyphs just outside of Albuquerque in a National Monument

High on a cliff face, “intestine man” Barrier Canyon style pictographs remain in sandstone cliffs on public lands just outside Canyonlands National Park in Moab, Utah.

Ancient Hopi petroglyphs in Arizona in mesa ruins

Petroglyphs in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area and Valley of Fire State Park, though important historic relics, have been defaced by graffiti in some instances.

Paintings at La Cieneguilla Petroglyph Site near Santa Fe, NM. The petroglyphs were painted between circa 1400 and 1800 by Keresan-speaking Pueblo Indians.

Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument in Utah, USA. One of largest known collections of petroglyphs.

Nevada, USA.

Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Hail Province, Jubbah. Ancient petroglyphs at the Jubbah rock art site at Ob Sinman Mountain.

Old Indian inscriptions or petroglyphs in New Mexico

Rock panel covered with one of the largest known collections of ancient petroglyphs at Newspaper Rock Historical Monument in Utah

Newspaper Rock carved rock historical monument with a large collection of petroglyphs Utah USA

A graffiti covered group of boulders stands between the Yucca and Lucerne Valleys on Old Woman Springs Road in California. In the area, these are the only ones covered in this normally urban art.

Petroglyphs are usually cultural symbols that reflect the societies and religions of the surrounding tribes. Here at Talampaya National Park, it's possible to see many of them.

Several petroglyph figures carved into sandstone

Nevada, USA.

A closeup of an ancient petroglyph at Boca Negra Canyon in New Mexico

Ancient petroglyph. Fremont Culture, Utah.

Twyfelfontein, Namibia - 07-16-2013: rock engravings are a Unesco World Heritage Site in northern Namibia

Petroglyphs in the Nevada desert.

ancient petroglyphs drawings on rocks at Saguaro National Park, Arizona

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.

Native American Petroglyphs of the Mojave Desert.

Red Rock Canyon State Park, California

Petroglyphs, images carved into a sandstone cliff 700 to 1400 years ago by native people, in what is now the Fruita Settlement in Utah's Capitol Reef National Park.

Looking at Fremont petroglyphs and nearby three toed theropod or Eubrontes dinosaur tracks, a woman stands in Jurassic aged Navajo Sandstone at the Poison Springs Dinosaur Tracksite in Moab Utah.

Ancient Native American Rock Art in Petroglyph National Monument, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Ancient Vernal style petroglyph. Fremont Culture, Utah.

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