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Petroglyphs in Utah

Newspaper rock is a protected wall with ancient Anasazi Indian petroglyphs

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,

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

Petroglyphs carved into a bolder by native Americans

Indigenous culture

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

Wadi Rum is a desert valley cut into the sandstone and granite cliffs in southern Jordan. Known also as the Valley of the Moon it has been inhabited since prehistoric times (witnessed by the petroglyph inscriptions) and by semi nomadic tribes since the Nabataeans but is best known for its association with T E Lawrence - Lawrence of Arabia - who based himself here to encourage the Arab Revolt and to attack Turkish Forces of the Ottoman Empire during WW1. He was later immortalized by the film of the same name, made in 1962 by David Lean. Today the only inhabitants are Bedouin tribes and transient tourists.

Alien inspired Petroglyph at Capitol Reef National Park, USA.

Petroglyphs just outside of Albuquerque in a National Monument

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, Oct 1, 2021: designs and symbols carved on Volcanic Rocks in Petroglyph National Monument.

Standing next to a large sandstone boulder, a woman inspects a variety of snake petroglyphs in Utah’s San Rafael Swell.

Ancient Hopi petroglyphs in Arizona in mesa ruins

Jabal Umm Sanman ancient rock art showing camels near Jubbah, Saudi Arabia. Rock Art in the Hail Region UNESCO World Heritage Site.

A large petroglyph panel tells ancient stories

Some talmudic rock carvings depicting a battle. The drawings are on a rock-face in Saudi Arabia

Petroglyphs in the Valley of Fire Nevada

Old Indian inscriptions or petroglyphs in New Mexico

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.

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

The Pioneer Names were written in wagon axle grease on the walls of the red rock alcove. Early Mormon Pioneers would often picnic in the canyon, and these writings were likely left by members of picnic parties and/or cattle ranchers. The Pioneer Names Trail in Snow Canyon State Park is an interesting climb to see the names carved into the rock face. May 26, 2013.

The public sign at the entrance to the town of Alice Springs in the dead centre of Australia.

Newspaper Rock shows visitors a prolific amount of incised petrologyphs in a valley in the Petrified Forest National Park

People pictographs in Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Reservation, Arizona, USA.

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

Pecked into the sandstone cliff, a life sized petroglyph bear with small hunters made by Native American Fremont peoples remains along the Highway 279 Rock Art site (Potash Road) in Moab, Utah.

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

Nevada, USA.

Petrolgyphs in Canyonlands National Park

Rock carvings depicting characters and figures dating back to the talmudic period. Photographed in the desert close to Taima and Tabuck in Saudi Arabia

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