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Wikipedia: Petroglyphs (also called rock engravings) are images created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, pecking, carving, and abrading. Outside North America, scholars often use terms such as "carving", "engraving", or other descriptions of the technique to refer to such images. Petroglyphs are found world-wide, and are often (but not always) associated with prehistoric peoples.
![[A petroglyph in the Paria Canyon near Kanab, Utah, USA]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Petraglyphs_of_the_Paria_Canyon_s.jpg "A petroglyph in the Paria Canyon near Kanab, Utah, USA")
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![[A petroglyph of a caravan of bighorn sheep near Moab, Utah, USA]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/MtnSheepPetroglyph_s.jpg "A petroglyph of a caravan of bighorn sheep near Moab, Utah, USA")
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![[Rock carving known as "Meerkatze" , rampant lionesses in Wadi Methkandoush, Mesak Settafet region of Libya]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Libya_5321_Meercatze_28Gatti_Mammoni_29_Petroglyphs_Wadi_Methkandoush_Luca_Galuzzi_2007_s.jpg "Rock carving known as \"Meerkatze\" , rampant lionesses in Wadi Methkandoush, Mesak Settafet region of Libya")
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![[Petroglyph in Roque Bentayga, Gran Canaria (Canary Islands).]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Petroglifo_bentayga_s.jpg "Petroglyph in Roque Bentayga, Gran Canaria (Canary Islands).")
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from Tibicena |
![[Engravers from Val Camonica, Italy]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Ancientastronauts_s.jpg "Engravers from Val Camonica, Italy")
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![[part of a 20 metre long petroglyph'' on ''Hawkesbury Sandstone, at Ku]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Ku_Ring_Gai_Chase_National_Park_20_metre_long_petroglyph_s.jpg "part of a 20 metre long petroglyph'' on ''Hawkesbury Sandstone, at Ku")
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from Mazarin07 |
from Poyt448 |
![[Petroglyphs]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Puye_1_s.jpg "Petroglyphs")
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![[Petroglyph on the western coast of Hawaii.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Petroglyph_on_the_western_coast_of_Hawaii_s.jpg "Petroglyph on the western coast of Hawaii.")
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from Carptrash |
from A1% |
![[Carving "The Shoemaker", Brastad, Sweden]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Sweden_Brastad_Petroglyph_Skomakaren_Aug_2003_s.jpg "Carving \"The Shoemaker\", Brastad, Sweden")
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![[Sample of petroglyphs at Painted Rock near Gila Bend, Arizona off Interstate 8.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Arizona_petroglyph_1117_s.jpg "Sample of petroglyphs at Painted Rock near Gila Bend, Arizona off Interstate 8.")
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from Offworlder |
![[Petroglyphs on a Bishop Tuff tableland, eastern California, USA]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Petroglyphs_on_a_Bishop_Tuff_tableland_750px_s.jpg "Petroglyphs on a Bishop Tuff tableland, eastern California, USA")
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![[Hawaii Volcanoes National Park]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Hawaii_petroglyph_men_s.jpg "Hawaii Volcanoes National Park")
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from :en:user:maveric149 |
from Staecker |
![[Southern Utah, USA]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Pictograph_2_tds_s.jpg "Southern Utah, USA")
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![[Upside-down man in Western Colorado, USA]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Upside_down_s.jpg "Upside-down man in Western Colorado, USA")
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from :en:Utahcamera |
from Elmerdinkley |
![[Arizona, USA]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Petroglyph_in_Arizona_2007_01_20_s.jpg "Arizona, USA")
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![[Animal print carvings outside of [[Barnesville, Ohio]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Tracks_at_Barnesville_Petroglyph_s.jpg "Animal print carvings outside of [[Barnesville, Ohio")
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from Bwsmith84 |
![[Cave petroglyph]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Alb_s.jpg "Cave petroglyph")
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![[Mutawintji National Park, Australia]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Mutawintji_National_Park_Petroglyph_s.jpg "Mutawintji National Park, Australia")
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from Rupestreweb2008 |
from Poyt448 |
![[Southern Utah, USA]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Pictograph_tds_s.jpg "Southern Utah, USA")
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![[Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Australia]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Petroglyph_well_endowed_s.jpg "Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Australia")
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