Petrosomatoglyphs
Man-made or naturally-occurring representations of human or animal body parts incised in rock (i.e not full body representations).
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Ancient Kyoto | Buddha footprints at Kiyomizu-dera | |
| Ancient Nara | Buddha's footprint at Yakushi-ji | |
| Bagan | Has both free-standing footprints and mural paintings of them. At the Ananda Temple, the western portico depicts two Buddha footprint symbols on pedestals. | |
| Central Highlands | Footprint at Adam's Peak (of Buddha, Adam, Shiva or Saint Thomas). | |
| Ephesus | Foot carving in the Marble Road, which shows the way to the brothel. | |
| Frontiers of the Roman Empire | Vindolanda: a partial print of an adolescent’s right foot, dated to 160-180 CE, was found on a tile | |
| Hal Saflieni Hypogeum | A carved left human hand is to be found on the wall of the Decorated Hall in the Hypogeum. | |
| Hedeby and Danevirke | In September 2020, a brick stone was found with a small footprint. It is on display in the Danevirke museum. | |
| Historic Cairo | Two footprints of Muhammad, in the mausoleum of Qaitbey. | |
| Istanbul | Several footprints of Mohammed are collected in the Topkapi Museum | |
| Kernavė | "16.1.4. the stone with 'footmarks of the Christ, the Virgin Mary and the lamb', M 123;" (nom file annex) | |
| Longobards in Italy | Santuario di San Michele Archangelo: Michael the Archangel footprint, and hand-prints and footprints of pilgrims in underground corridors of the sanctuary | |
| Luang Prabang | Buddha Footprint at Phu Si | |
| Mahabodhi Temple Complex | "Further up the central path towards the main temple to the south is a small shrine with a standing Buddha in the back and with the footprints (Padas) of Buddha carved on black stone, dating from the 3rd century BCE, when Emperor Asoka declared Buddhism to be the official religion of the state and installed thousands of such footprint stones all over his kingdom." (AB ev) | |
| Old City of Jerusalem | Foundation Stone on the Dome of the Rock has "marks" of the footprint of Mohammed (made as he stepped upon it to mount his horse Barak when commencing his ride to Paradise), Barak's Hoofprint and the hand/finger print of Gabriel (who was holding back the rock as it tried to follow Mohammed). | |
| Phu Phrabat | "It was believed that Buddha once visited the region and left several footprints on the mountain" (AB ev) | |
| Rock Art in the Hail Region | "(...) one steeply sloping panel at Raat (...) bears a series of archaic geometric motifs, such as circles, chronologically followed by hoof-prints, human footprints occurring in pairs and superimposed large motifs." (Nomination file, p. 22-23) | |
| Rock Carvings in Tanum | Many footprints | |
| Rock Drawings in Valcamonica | Hundreds of footprints | |
| Rome | The Church of San Sebasiano Fuori le Mura contains a stone "carrying the alleged footprints of Jesus related to the episode of "Quo Vadis" in the apocryphal Acts of Peter" | |
| Sanchi | Stupa 1 Northern Gateway: "The bottom of the pillar face has two footprints of the Buddha with a wheel of the Law on their sole" | |
| Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor | Dingding Gate in Luoyang: "In the 2007 excavation, significant artefacts relating to the Silk Road were found, including rutted wheel tracks, human footprints and camel hoof prints." | |
| Tchogha Zanbil | There is apparently a 3,000 year old footprint of a child at the foot of the Ziggurat. | |
| Twyfelfontein | Hand and footprints |
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