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Hawaii Volcanoes National Park at the coastal end of Chain of Craters Road find the sacred Puuloa Petroglyphs, the largest petroglyph field in Hawaii. 23,000 images carved into the lava rock here, most before western contact in Hawaii. Located in the ahupuaa area of Panau Nui on the southern flank of Kilauea volcano.

Old arabic scriptures in gravestone. Istanbul. Turkey

Flat stone of red sandstone with drawings by ancient artists with bird hunting scenes. Mountain range Chests, Khakassia, Siberia, Russia.

Carved designs on walls at Pomona Salt Cave and Spa, White Sulphur Springs, WV, West Virginia, USA

Ancient rock carvings petroglyphs of people in Gobustan National park. Exposition of Petroglyphs in Gobustan

$Hand-drawn rocks (Petroglyphs) in Cholpon-Ata city, Kyrgyzstan.\nNorth of the centre is an extensive field of glacial boulders, many with pictures scratched or picked into their surfaces. Some of these petroglyphs date from the Bronze Age (about 1500 BC), but most are Saka-Usun (8th century BC to 1st century AD), Most are of long-horned ibex.$

The petroglyphs of Miculla or San Francisco de Cuculla, located in the department of Tacna Peru. There are naturalistic, magical-religious, and everyday life representations, all carved in calcareous or silica rocks modeled by scraping or hammering.

Close ups of Al Jassasiya Rock Carvings or petroglyphs, Qatar.

Rock Paintings At The La Altagracia Dominican Republic.

Decorated walls of the canyon in the Colorado plateau.

The UNESCO world heritage site contains rocky plateau areas where more than 6,000 rock art engravings were discovered. The famous petroglyphs are the boat and the dancing people.

Petroglyphic rock art of Aral Tolgoi, in the Bayan-Ulgii region of the Altai Mountains in Western Mongolia. Dating back as far as 11,000 years, the unique images are found in a remote mountain valley, giving a glimpse into the past and showing some of the earliest art work of humans who lived in the area thousands of years ago.

Sacred Pu'u Loa, home to the largest field of petroglyphs in the state of Hawai, USA

$Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape in Azerbaijan, Aerial view of Gobustan national park in Azerbaijan, Ancient petroglyph depicting human figures in Gobustan, Aerial view of popular destinations in Azerbaijan\n\nGobustan State Historical and Cultural Reserve (Azerbaijani: Qobustan dövlət tarixi-bədii qoruğu) is located west of the settlement of Gobustan, about 40 miles (64 km) southwest of the center of Baku. It was established in 1966, when the area was declared a national historical landmark of Azerbaijan in an attempt to preserve the prehistoric rock carvings, mud volcanoes and musical stones in the region.\n\nGobustan State Historical and Cultural Reserve acquired national status in 2006, and Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2007. As of 2011, the Petroglyph Museum functions in the reserve.$

Non touristic Qobustan near the touristic one which is even more interesting. Qobustan is a historical petroglyphs area in Azerbaijan

These rock carvings can be found west of Smirnishamn near the small village of Järrestad. Järrestads Hällristningar are among the best-preserved rock carvings in Skåne and all of Sweden. The rock carvings are from the Bronze Age (1,500 - 500 BC). You will find depictions of 25 ships and a handful of horsemen, animal figures, weapons, and foot prints

very old bushmen rock paintings in Namibia showing hunters

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,

Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape covers three areas of plateau of rocky boulders in Azerbaijan, with an outstanding collection of rock engravings.

Petroglyph of Kokopelli dancing at Tsankawi Trail, Bandelier National Monument, near Los Alamos, NM.

A large flat stone with ancient cave paintings depicting human figures. Museum Stellarium, Khakassia, Siberia, Russia.

The geometric rock carvings of El Paso represent enormous spirals, concentric circles or other abstract figures. To explain their meaning there are a variety of theories: worship of the sun, of the water or the goddess of springs. But nowadays the researchers consider them directly related to religious practices associated with water of fertility rites. El Paso, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain.

Rock Springs in Wyoming. White Mountain with Petroglyphs. Location is part of a cultural landscape that is culturally important to four Native American tribes, featuring rock art panels dating back 200+ years. This is a fee-free site.

A prehistoric petroglyph at writing-on-stone provincial park in Alberta, Canada.

Ancient petroglyph of an animal in Gobustan National park. Exposition of Petroglyphs in Gobustan near Baku, Azerbaijan.

Ancient petroglyph depicting human figures in Gobustan, Azerbaijan.

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