Alton Barnes, England
Alton Barnes White Horse
This massive chalk hill carving is one of England's most beloved giant horse geoglyphs.
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Alton Barnes, England
This massive chalk hill carving is one of England's most beloved giant horse geoglyphs.
Wilmington, England
This giant geoglyph of mysterious origins is now the site of neo-pagan rituals.
Huara, Chile
One of the largest ancient geoglyphs in the world is a tall desert god used for predicting the weather.
Faringdon, England
The granddaddy of English geoglyphs dates back to the late Bronze Age.
Northern Territory, Australia
This sacred site lives up to its name with its majestic, color-splashed sandstone formations.
Tambon Mueang Phan, Thailand
An amalgam of precariously balanced boulders, ancient petroglyphs, and Buddhist shrines.
Kariong, Australia
These glyphs have long been attributed to ancient Egyptians, or maybe they're just a hoax.
Ulaankhus, Mongolia
These ancient pecked images are among the oldest and best-preserved in Mongolia.
Qobustan, Azerbaijan
A massive collection of petroglyphs dating back some 40,000 years.
Qobustan, Azerbaijan
Resonant stone, that has been played since prehistoric times.
Yoichi, Japan
One of the only two archaeological sites in Japan to feature petroglyphs, which some believe to be a long-lost writing system of the gods.
Chad
These natural wonders have taken millennia to form into the stunning marvels they are today.
Niger
These ancient giraffes are the largest known animal petroglyphs in the world.
Krimulda Parish, Latvia
This remote sandstone cliff has one of the richest collections of Livonian petroglyph marks.
Tende, France
Tens of thousands of ancient rock carvings hidden in the heart of a French national park.
Tanumshede, Sweden
Despite the groans of archaeologists, this astounding groups of Bronze Age petroglyphs have been painted red for tourists.
Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Portugal
These rock drawings in the Côa Valley also create an ancient optical illusion.
La Palma, Spain
Stop by, and you'll receive a map to two well-preserved ancient petroglyph sites.
La Palma, Spain
Several petroglyphs are all that remain of an ancient pyramid.
Lahaina, Hawaii
Images chiseled into the basalt here date back an estimated 300 years.
San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
At this beautifully preserved Pre-Hispanic site, you can see ancient petroglyphs with depictions of llamas and alpacas.
Rapa Nui, Chile
In the Middle Ages, villagers would sound this stone trumpet to boost fertility and coax fish to shore.
Arequipa, Peru
Thousands of volcanic rocks carved 1,000 years ago.
Manu, Peru
Mysterious "dots" seen from a satellite in southeast Peru.