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PLEISTOCENE ROCK ART IN EGYPT:
Aurochs, Qurta, Egypt. Internet photo, Public Domain.Although art historians know that Egyptian art goes back a long way we are not really accustomed to thinking about seeing Paleolithic...
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NEWLY DISCOVERED ROCK ART IN IRAN:
New Iranian rock art site is at the top of the hill. Online photo D. Sigari.This rock art site (PMB001) in north-eastern Iran was discovered by archaeologists in 2015, and recorded in August 2016....
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EARLIEST ART IN THE BRITISH ISLES?
One of the engraved plaquettes, Photo BBC.On July 26, 2020, I posted a column titled This Rock Art In Wales May Be Britain’s Earliest about an early petroglyph discovered in a cave in Wales. Since then...
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BASQUE ROCK ART:
Horses, Atxurra cave, Diego Garate.Vandalism in Axturra cave,and paleolithic image afterprocessing photograph.By Diego Garate.When I first became interested in rock art back in 1978 we were living in...
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A SHORT EDITORIAL: Once again, I cannot reply to anonymous comments, if you wish to initiate a communication you will need to give me an address to respond to. © 2009, Peter Faris
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EXTINCT ANIMALS IN ROCK ART - MADAGASCAR’S SLOTH LEMUR:
Photo of Madagascar cave wall with pictographs, upper right. Internet photo - Public Domain.One of the most exciting things about rock art is that it can serve as a window on the past, a way to see...
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ANIMALS IN ROCK ART - DOGS IN THE SOUTHWEST:
Black and white dogs, Fremont culture, Brown's Park, CO, Photo Peter Faris, 1987.Many domesticated animals have variegated colors and patterns not displayed by their original wild ancestors. This is...
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MISSISSIPPIAN HAND-AND-EYE SYMBOLS:
Mississippian Hand - and - eye symbol. After an engraved artifact from Moundsville, Alabama.We have all seen many examples of hand prints in petroglyphs and pictographs, from all over the world, but...
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MISSISSIPPIAN HAND-AND-EYE SYMBOL, PART TWO:
This is part two of the two-part examination of the hand-and-eye motif of the Mississippian cultures of the American midwest, illustrating further examples of the motif in various artifacts, not rock...
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NEWLY DISCOVERED PARACAS CAT GEOGLYPH WAS LITERALLY UNDERFOOT:
Newly discovered and restored Paracas cat geoglyph, Peru. Internet photo, public domain.The extensive geoglyphs in the Nazca valley of Peru, known as the Nazca lines were created by the removal of...
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NEWLY DISCOVERED ZAPOTEC ROCK ART AND RUINS:
Newly discovered Zapotec carving, Cerro de Pena, Santa Cruz Huehuepiaxtla, Mexico. Online photo, BBC.Recently discovered ruins and rock art in southwestern Mexico have been attributed to the Zapotec...
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GEORGE WASHINGTON MAY HAVE SEEN THESE OHIO RIVER PETROGLYPHS:
Smith's Ferry petroglyphs, Ohio River, Langdon, 1912.In a country where “George Washington Slept Here” is almost a cliche I was tickled to learn about a petroglyph panel along the Ohio River that he...
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PETROGLYPHS SUGGESTING THAT METEORS WERE RECORDED IN ANCIENT MOROCCO ARE...
Ida 1, Photo Abderrahmane Ibhi.An article in online magazine Meteor News, on January 19, 2019, reported petroglyphs carved into stone recording a meteor fall in Morocco. The find in the rural village...
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NEOLITHIC PETROGLYPHS AT QUBBET-EL-HAWA, EGYPT:
Qubbet El-Hawa, Egypt. Photo David Sebel.A recently discovered petroglyphs at Qubbet El-Hawa (Cave of the Winds) along the Nile river in Egypt is estimated to be 6,000 years old. "The image, discovered...
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ROCK ART IN SAUDI ARABIA:
Neolithic hunt, 7th millenium BC. hunter, hounds, 2 buffalo, leopard on right, Jabal Raat Shuwaymis, p. 18.A fascinating article by Christopher Baumer in the August/September 2020 issue of World...
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EARLY DRAWINGS OF OHIO RIVER PETROGLYPHS FROM BENJAMIN HENFREY TO THOMAS...
Wellsville site petroglyphs at Dam No. 8, Ohio River. Internet photo, Public Domain.An early attempt to record Native American petroglyphs located at what is now called the Wellsville Site on the Ohio...
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HALLUCINOGENS AND ROCK ART - TOBACCO AND DATURA IN THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST:
Petroglyph Park, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Photo Peter Faris, September 1988.For quite some time the question of whether the production of rock art was sometimes influenced by the use of hallucinogenic...
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MERRY CHRISTMAS
WE HAVE GATHERED TOWISH YOU AVERY MERRYCHRISTMAS 2020 FROM RockArtBlog Have a very Merry Christmas, A Happy New Year's Eve, and all the best in 2021. 5,000 year old pictographs of a family,...
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2020 C.R.A.P. AWARD - DNA PICTURED ON A COSMIC EGG:
Cosmic egg with DNA carved on it.I am pleased to announce the coveted 2020 C.R.A.P. (Certifiable Rock Art Prevarication) AWARD. This award is given out once a year by RockArtBlog to the most egregious...
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COLOMBIAN ROCK ART CLAIMED TO DEPICT EXTINCT MEGAFAUNA:
Serranía La Lindosa pictographs, online image, Public Domain.In Colombia, the discovery of a huge concentration of rock art has been announced.Serranía La Lindosa pictographs,...
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