🟯 Petroglyph Sites of the World

These are notable petroglyph sites — rock faces and boulders carved rather than painted with human, animal and abstract figures, some tens of thousands of years old, from the Gobustan drums and Siberian Lena pillars to the desert varnish panels of the American West and the Andes. Each profile shows where the carvings sit, which country they are in, and a plain-English introduction from Wikipedia.

63 petroglyph sites from 32 countries are covered below, grouped by continent. Open any petroglyph site for its full profile.

Africa (3) Americas (20) Asia (13) Europe (23) Oceania (4)

Africa (3 petroglyph sites)

Americas (20 petroglyph sites)

Asia (13 petroglyph sites)

Europe (23 petroglyph sites)

Oceania (4 petroglyph sites)

Coordinates are approximate locations. Descriptions: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached on our server. Data sourced from Wikidata. Related: Mountains · Lakes · Islands · World Heritage.