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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.
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 Archaeology of Iran encompasses the following subjects: Archaeological discoveries in Iran. Archaeological sites in Iran: Rock art in Iran; Great Wall of Gorgan;
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)
Bronze flag, Shahdad Kerman, Iran, 3rd millennium BC. Some of the prehistoric archaeological sites of Iran are listed below: . Paleolithic. Hotu and Kamarband Caves; Darband Cave; Qal'eh Bozi
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 ...
Mount Khwaja is also considered an important archaeological site. On the southern promontory of the eastern slope, the ruins of a citadel complex - known as the Ghagha-Shahr - with its remains of a fire temple date to pre-Islamic Iran. According to Zoroastrian legend, Lake Hamun is "the keeper of Zoroaster's seed."
Paul Nevin ponders his favorite petroglyph on Big Indian Rock in the Susquehanna River south of Safe Harbor Dam. He has published a booklet about the ancient Native American carvings to share what ...