Petroglyphs

One of Hawaiʻi’s largest petroglyph fields contains a number of depictions of people.

Ancient rock art, depicting daily Omani life.

One of Hawaiʻi’s most notable historic petroglyph fields lies within a major resort.

A former execution site with ornate rock carvings of mysterious origin.

A photogenic rock-art site that is also a popular climbing and canyoneering area.

In the desert of southern Peru is an intriguing collection of ancient petroglyphs whose origins remain unknown.

The Ayo Rock Formations stand out on the island of Aruba as a unique arrangement of giant boulders with interesting crawl spaces to explore.

Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park is home to one of Polynesia’s largest petroglyph fields.

This small hill features the most notable collection of petroglyphs in Saguaro National Park.

These Neolithic burial mounds and a still-intact passage tomb may have solar calendar significance on the spring and autumn equinoxes.

A set of ancient rock engravings that date back to the Neolithic period.

Engravings of penises and vaginas on a boulder in the Philippines dates local tribal history back to the Bronze Age.

Aboriginal artists carved these unique figures into sandstone.

Red ocher pictographs survive in this tufa rock shelter on the shore of an ancient lake.