Wow I wonder how the rock formed in that way? I've never seen a rock formation that looks like that 🤔 The Arches of Arch location actually an ancient site with petroglyphs painted on the rock face 🌐 #HerclesPillars

Because GAMLA STENAR 😍
#petroglyphs #standingstones

Because GAMLA STENAR 😍
#petroglyphs #runology #standingstones

Ships, warriors, and everyday life carved in stone—Tanum’s Bronze Age art is a time capsule you can still walk through. Here’s why UNESCO protects it and what to look for on a visit. #BronzeAge #Petroglyphs #Sweden #TanumRockCarvings #UNESCOWorldHeritage

Defence barrister is saying the defendant thought the crowd were 60000 yo petroglyphs.

7,000 year-old giraffe engravings in the Sahara Desert 🦒

More about the amazing Dabous giraffes, the largest animal petroglyphs known👇
earthlymission.com/dabous-giraf...

Today we completed multiple bingo squares but only one of them is a new scare. This involved going up a trail in a new location that had hills (our new square!) and patiently stopping while we checked out petroglyphs! @wholisticcaninesports.com #wcswalkingbingo #dogsofbluesky

I'm about to blow your mind. Do you know the "Grooving" meme, with the stick figure dancing? Well, it actually comes from a Bronze Age petroglyph, found in Tanum (Sweden)
There he is on the upper right corner!

@churchofengland.org

The Symbolism of the Circle

‘Prehistoric people made stone circles and timber circles, and circular elements are common in petroglyphs and cave paintings.’

#Symbolism #Circles #Religion
#Spirituality #Infinity #Endlessness

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle

Exactly what I thought of. Happened here too, Ontario and Manitoba. Petroglyphs destroyed by people, some angry about land access to what many people still refer to as “cottage country” as if we haven’t had a whole Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Canada.

Goes to show just what kind of people they were.

Like the jackholes defacing petroglyphs at national monuments.

This remote canyon in northern Arizona is full of petroglyphs, including creatures with really big feet. There are more petroglyphs on the wall behind this rock. #petroglyphs #Arizona #landscapes #photography #RockArt

"Headhunters!"
📍McKee Springs, Utah
📷Jeff Stamer
#landscapephotography #landscape #photography #flickr flic.kr/p/2rnfMdh

Legend Rock: Rock Art in Hot Springs County, Wyoming. Legend Rock enables visitors to view over 300 petroglyphs spanning a time-period of thousands of years. Although some of the beautiful etchings have suffered from various forms of erosion and human defacement, the majority is well preserved.

Petroglyphs at Signal Hill. Cool.

A different, ancient type of #streetart for #StreetArtSaturday
These #petroglyphs are found in Parowan Gap in Utah, and served as messages between clans or tribes of early peoples along a migration route.
Precise date/age unknown.

If you ever get the chance and find yourself in the area visiting the Petroglyphs drop me a line💜

UNESCO World: Petroglyphs of the Archaeological Landscape of Tanbaly

Set around the lush Tanbaly Gorge, amidst the vast, arid Chu-Ili mountains, is a remarkable concentration of some 5,000 petroglyphs (rock carvings) dating from the ...
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UNESCO World: Petroglyphs of Lake Onega and the White Sea

The site contains 4,500 petroglyphs carved in the rocks during the Neolithic period dated about 6-7 thousand years ago and located in the Republic of Karelia in the Russian Fe...
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Visited in autumn 2014 and was fascinated and inspired enough to make this.

#aiart #promptshare
Title: "King of the Ancient Plains"
Style: Naturalistic wildlife photography with documentary realism
Prompt in ALT

Oh those petroglyphs are really cool!

and some digital. Hoover Dam was a homecoming. Muir Woods was my first time seeing Redwoods. I cried and cried seeing the petroglyphs. 3,000 years old!!

What should we call Indigenous petroglyphs and pictographs? “Rock art,” or something else? A new American Antiquity article argues that while “rock art” became the dominant label in recent decades, it can be imprecise and unwelcome for some descendant communities.

Read more: bit.ly/4bbKcp9

Combining sections of four trails to make a loop, this trail takes you to the highest point in the Tuscon Mountains. Along the way you'll pass a small collection of petroglyphs, a small stone building, and abundant flora and fauna. With all of the elevation gain, the trail sports fantastic views.