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Rock art in Iran includes archaeological petroglyphs, or carving in rock; pictographs, or painting on rock; and rock reliefs. Large numbers of prehistoric rock art, more than 50,000, have been discovered in Iran. [citation needed] Dating back to 7000 years before present in Iran, rock art is the oldest surviving artwork.
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European petroglyphs: Laxe dos carballos in Campo Lameiro, Galicia, Spain (4th–2nd millennium BCE), depicting cup and ring marks and deer hunting scenes Petroglyph of a camel; Negev, southern Israel. Petroglyphs of the archaeological site of Las Labradas, situated on the coast of the municipality of San Ignacio (Mexican state of Sinaloa)
Naqsh-e Rostam (lit. ' mural of Rostam '; Persian: نقش رستم, Persian: [ˌnæɣʃeɾosˈtæm]) is an ancient archeological site and necropolis located about 13 km northwest of Persepolis, in Fars province, Iran.
From 1941 to 1979, Iran was ruled by King Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah. On February 11, 1979, the Islamic Revolution swept the country.
The Anubanini petroglyph, also called Sar-e Pol-e Zohab II [1] or Sarpol-i Zohab relief, [2] is a rock relief from the Akkadian Empire period (circa 2300 BC) or the Isin-Larsa period (early second millennium BC) and is located in Kermanshah Province, Iran.
The petroglyphs are etched into lava rocks from cliffs formed millions of years ago and provide a glimpse thousands of years into the past. Yellowstone, petrified watermelon, rock art: These ...
Fremont Petroglyph, in Dinosaur National Monument, attributed to Classic Vernal Style, Fremont archaeological culture, eastern Utah, United States Reclining Buddha at Gal Vihara, Sri Lanka, where the remains of two columns to support the structure that originally enclosed it is visible Nanabozho pictograph, Mazinaw Rock, Bon Echo Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada