Ancient Rock Art

Historical cave paintings from various regions, illustrating human and animal figures. The artworks reflect early human culture and artistic expression through color and form.

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

Rupestral paintings of the Brandberg mountain in Namibia

Libya, Fezzan, Jebel Akakus. Painted images on the walls of Uan Inehad (aka Infarden), one of Wadi Teshuinat's caves

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

Rock painting at Jebl Faishiyya in the desert, Wadi Rum, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Middle East, Asia

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

Petroglyphs, Qobustan, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Azerbaijan, Central Asia, Asia

ancient rock engravings, Unesco world heritage sight, Twyfelfontein, Namibia

petroglyph in Morocco

Historic Rock paintings, Savuti Region, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Tumba 103 Dagui.

Rock inscription, Tassili n´Ajjer, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Algeria, North Africa, Africa

USA, Nevada. Caliente. Basin and Range National Monument, Mount Irish Petroglyphs

San (Bushmen) rock paintings, Cedarburg, Western Cape

Cow rock carving, cattle, Youf Ahakit, Tassili du Hoggar, Wilaya Tamanrasset, Algeria, Sahara, North Africa, Africa

Mexico, Chiapas, Metzabok, Selva Lacandona. The ancient sacred Mayan paintings

Petroglyphs Outside Of Oliver, British Columbia

Pintura mural del claustro inferior del Monasterio de Sant Pere de Rodes, Port de la Selva, Girona. Siglo XI.

USA, Nevada. Grapevine Canyon, petroglyphs depicting creation mythology.

Tumba 103 Dagui.

Africa, Chad, Terkei East, Ennedi, Sahara. A rock art panel on sandstone of cattle, horses and riders.

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

YACIMIENTO DE LA ATALAYA I. VISTAS DEL ABRIGO Y PINTURAS RUPESTRES. PROYECTO SIGAREP II.

standing figure of one of the "Los Danzantes" a collection of more than 300 bas-reliefs at Monte Alban. Monte Alban, is a large pre-Columbian archaeological site in the Santa Cruz Xoxocotlan Municipality in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. Besides being one of the earliest cities of Mesoamerica, Monte Alban's importance stems also from its role as the pre-eminent Zapotec socio-political and economic center for close to a thousand years. Founded toward the end of the Middle Formative period

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

Series of Anthropomorphic Petroglyphs

Rock painting depicting cow with long horns, Garardha, south west of Bundi, Rajasthan, India

Prehistoric petroglyphs near Socorro, New Mexico

Cueva de la Pileta (Cave of the Pool). Cave paintings of bovids. Upper Paleolithic. Benaoján, Serranía de Ronda, Málaga province, Andalusia, Spain.

Rock carvings, Bir Hima Rock Petroglyphs and Inscriptions, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Najran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Middle East

Rock paintings, Uan Amil, Akakus, Southwest desert, Libya, North Africa, Africa

Pre-Inca petroglyphs in Peru, South America

CUEVA DE ALTXERRI: GRABADOS Y PINTURAS, RENO, ZORRO, BISONTES... AYA, GIPUZCOA, PAIS VASCO, ESPAÑA.

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

Pictograph (ancient aboriginal rock art), near Penticton, British Columbia, Canada

Approx. 3000 year old rock paintings by Native Americans, Sand Island, near Bluff, northern Utah, USA, North America

Witch from Icelandic Edda riding a wolf, detail of standing stone circa 1000AD, Lund, Sweden, Scandinavia, Europe

Cave painting from the stone age, Cheddar Man Museum of Prehistory, Cheddar, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Chongoni Rock-Art Area, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Malawi, Africa

Ancient rock paintings at Qohaito, Eritrea, Africa

ancient rock engravings, Unesco world heritage sight, Twyfelfontein, Namibia

Rock carvings, Unesco site Bir Hima Rock Petroglyphs and Inscriptions, Najran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Arizona, V Bar V Heritage Site, Petroglyphs created by the Sinagua, along Beaver Creek in the Verde Valley.

A photograph taken of the Abu Simbel Temple, in Nubia, Southern Egypt, near the border with Sudan. The complex is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The temple dates to the 13th century BC, during the 19th dynasty reign of the Pharaoh Ramesses II. It is a monument to the king and commemorates his victory at the Battle of Kadesh. The complex was relocated in its entirety in 1968 under the supervision of a Polish archaeologist, Kazimierz Michalowski, on an artificial hill made from a domed structure, high above the Aswan High Dam reservoir.

Painted warriors or hunters, neolithic rock art at Tin Meskis, Adrar n'Ahnet, Algeria, Sahara, North Africa, Africa

Africa, Namibia, Erongo mountains, prehistorical rock painting

Rock engraving of fish, neolithic rock art, Tadrart, Tassili N´Ajjer National Park, Unesco World Heritage Site, Algeria, Sahara, North Africa, Africa

Pre- historic Native American pictographs at Bear Gulch near Lewistown Montana

Zurita stele, 1st century BC. C., giant discoid Cantabrian stele, Zurita, municipality of Piélagos, Museum of prehistory and archeology (MUPAC), Santander, Cantabria, Spain

USA, Utah, Newspaper Rock Recreation Site. Newspaper Rock is a petroglyph panel etched in sandstone that records perhaps 2,000 years of human activity in the area

Cave Painting of Bushmen, South Africa

Horned anthropomorphs holding shields, Formative Period Petroglyphs, Utah Scenic Byway 279, Potash Road, Moab, Utah, United States of America, North A...

Bushman (San) rockart. Tsodilo Hills. Shakawe. Botswana

Libya, Fezzan, Abaho prehistoric engraving

Mexico, Baja California Sur, Sierra de San Francisco. Rock art pictograph by the Cochimí people in Cueva Fleche.

Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Azerbaijan

Chad - Ennedi Massif - Rock paintings

Famous prehistoric rock paintings of Tassili N'Ajjer, Algeria

DETALLE DE LAS MANOS DE NEGUS EN EL PANEL DE LOS REYES DEL CASTILLO DE QUSEIR AMRA - FRESCOS OMEYAS DEL SIGLO VIII. Location: CASTILLO. QUSEIR AMRA.

Rock engraving of a crying cow, neolithic rock art near Djanet, Tassili n'Ajjer National Park, Unesco World Heritage Site, Wilaya Illizi, Algeria, Sahara, North Africa, Africa

Neolithic rock art, painting of animals and people, Tasset Plateau, Tassili n'Ajjer National Park, Unesco World Heritage Site, Wilaya Illizi, Algeria, Sahara, North Africa, Africa

South Africa, Kwazulu-Natal, Drakensburg, Giants Castle Nature Reserve, San rock art depicting people and dreams

Pre-Hispanic petroglyphs. Stopover for caravans linking the altiplano to the Pacific coast. Hierbas Buenas, Atacama Desert, Chile.

ABRIGO DEL CANTO DEL PICO. PINTURAS.

ARTE PREHISTORICO. PALEOLITICO SUPERIOR. ESPAÑA. (40.000-10.000 a.C.). CUEVA DE PEÑA ESCRITA. Muestra de pintura esquemática con símbolos, algunas figuras humanas y escenas de una danza ritual. Fueron descubiertas en el año 1788. Alrededores de Fuencaliente. Provincia de Ciudad Real. Castilla-La Mancha.

Saudi Arabia, archaeological site, rock engravings

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.

ABRIGO DE LA ENFERMERIA: POSIBLE FIGURA O DIBUJO FUERA DEL ABRIGO.

Libya, Wadi Auis, Detail Of Prehistoric Rock Art Depicting Giraffe And Hunter.

Rock painting, Fremont Culture, Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, USA

petroglyph petroglyph, Aït Ouazik rock deposit, late Neolithic, Morocco, Africa Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 22264685

Petroglyphs of stick figures and spiral from Atlati Rock, NV

petroglifo, yacimiento rupestre de Aït Ouazik, finales del Neolítico, Marruecos, Africa.

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah, USA. Petroglyphs. Rock art in Harris Wash.

Jaguar Lintel, Chavin De Huantar, Ancash, Peru

San (bushmen) painting, South Africa

Rock paintings, Caritas de los indios, Taino culture, Isla Cabritos National Park, Lago Enriquillo, Dominican Republic, Central America

Utah, Newpaper Rock SP, Newspaper Rock, Petroglyphs on sandstone rock

Tumba de Ahmose, hijo de Ebana (EK-5). Elkab, Egipto.

NM, New Mexico, Chaco Culture National Historic Park, Chaco Canyon, home of Ancestral Pueblo people between AD 850 - 1250, Petroglyph carved into the Sandstone

MASTABA TI(FUNCIONARIO V DINAST)-CALIZA PINTADA-(2450 AC)PESCADORES - FOTO AÑOS 70. Location: MASTABA DE TI. Saqqarah. EGYPT.

Dei El Bahari.

Egypt, Aswan, Nubian ibex carving, Nubian Museum, pre-dynastic

Libya, Fezzan, Jebel Akakus. A painted figure lies hidden on the walls of Graibu, one of Wadi Teshuinat's caves

Historical art with human figures, petroglyphs from the Fremont culture, drawn on a rock wall, Dinosaur National Monument, Utah, USA

Ancient cave paintings. Ennedi Natural and Cultural Reserve, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Chad. September 2019.

ARTE PREHISTORICO. MESOLITICO. ESPAÑA. PINTURAS RUPESTRES DE LA "SERRA DE LA PIETAT". Detalle de la figura conocida como el "BRUIXOT" (brujo), sabio de la tribu. (Abrigo I de Ermites) ULLDECONA. Comarca del Montsià. Provincia de Tarragona. Cataluña.

USA, Arizona, Sedona, Palatki Ruins, Petroglyph Rock Art.

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

Buffalo painting. Paleolithic cave painting. Santillana del Mar, Altamira cave. Cantabria region. Spain. Location: CUEVAS DE ALTAMIRA. SANTILLANA DEL MAR. Cantabria. SPAIN.

Australia, Northern Territory, Kakadu National Park. An Aboriginal-painted stick-like human figure with hunting equipment at Ubirr.

Dinosaur Diamond Prehistoric Highway - Pictographs in Thompson Canyon. Pictographs adorn the walls of Thompson Canyon Location: Thompson Canyon, Utah (39.019° N 109.709° W)

Tassili rock painting, Algeria, North Africa, Africa

Sweden, Vastra Gotaland County, Tanumshede, Rock Carvings in Tanum

Rock engravings, about 2000 years old, at Twyfelfontein, Namibia, Africa

Petroglyphs at Three Rivers Petroglyph Site, Three Rivers, New Mexico, Usa

Australia, Western Australia, Dampier, '40,000 Yo Aboriginal Art Depicting Spaceman And Spaceship'

Fresco of a mythical creature, ruins of Cerro Sechin, Casma, Ancash region, Peru, South America

Famous ancient rock art in Ningxia,China

Doe painted in red, outline painted in black. Upper Paleolithic period. 150,000 B.C.. Cantabrian prehistory. Santillana del mar, Altamira caves . Cantabria. Location: CUEVAS DE ALTAMIRA. SANTILLANA DEL MAR. Cantabria. SPAIN.

Portugal. Roman ruins of Miróbriga. Ancient Lusitanian settlement whose present-day ruins are dated to the Roman period, between the 1st and 4th centuries. Detail of the remains of a fresco that decorated a room wall. Surrounding area of Santiago do Cacém. Alentejo Region.

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