Petroglyphs

Petroglyphs are images created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, pecking, carving, and abrading.

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Petroglyphs':

  • Air and Ténéré
  • Bend of the Boyne
  • Caral-Supe Several, including serpents and symbols
  • Central Amazon Conservation Complex
  • Chaco Culture
  • Coa Valley and Siega Verde
  • El Fuerte de Samaipata Pre-Inca carvings
  • Gobustan Rock Art
  • Golden Mountains of Altai
  • Greater Blue Mountains Wollemi
  • Hawaii Volcanoes Pu'u Loa Petroglyph Field
  • Ischigualasto / Talampaya At Talampaya
  • Lena Pillars
  • Lopé-Okanda 1,800 to 2,000 petroglyphs
  • Los Glaciares ; link
  • Olympic National Park
  • Orkhon Valley "Scattered widely across the nominated site are extensive remains of hundreds of Bronze Age graves some with stones engraved with herds of deer and images of the sun and moon."
  • Petroglyphs of the Mongolian Altai
  • Pitons Management Area petroglyphs... prove the existence of an Amerindian Carib population (UNEP-WCMC)
  • Rapa Nui
  • Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve
  • Rock Art of Alta
  • Rock Carvings in Tanum
  • Rock Drawings in Valcamonica
  • Sulaiman-Too
  • Tadrart Acacus
  • Tamgaly
  • Tassili n'Ajjer
  • Tower of Hercules Monte dos Bicos
  • Tsingy de Bemaraha A number of ancient cemeteries occur on the plateau and in a cave in the Manambolo Gorge which has petroglyphs doubtfully attributed to the proto-Malagasy Vazimba people (UNEP-WCMC)
  • Tsodilo Stone snake
  • Twyfelfontein
  • Viñales Valley In several caves; link
  • Wadi Rum over 25,000 petroglyphs (images engraved or painted on rocks) and around 20,000 examples of rock epigraphy (engraved inscriptions) (AB ev)
  • Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino There are a number of prehistoric sites of importance on the peninsula, as well as petroglyphs, wall paintings and ancient ruined structures