Asia Petroglyph

1 asia

1.1  armenia
1.2  azerbaijan
1.3  china
1.4  hong kong
1.5  india
1.6  iran
1.7  israel
1.8  japan
1.9  jordan
1.10  kazakhstan
1.11  laos
1.12  south korea
1.13  kyrgyzstan
1.14  macau
1.15  mongolia
1.16  pakistan
1.17  philippines
1.18  saudi arabia
1.19  taiwan
1.20  vietnam

asia
 armenia

petroglyphs @ ughtasar, armenia



ughtasar
urtsadzor
aragats
see armenian eternity sign

 azerbaijan

gobustan state reserve

 china


yin mountains in inner mongolia
petroglyphs in zhuhai
hua engravings
lianyungan rock engravings

 hong kong

eight sites in hong kong:

tung lung island
kau sai chau
po toi island
cheung chau
shek pik on lantau island
wong chuk hang , big wave bay on hong kong island
lung ha wan in sai kung

 india

petroglyphs in ladakh, india



bhimbetka rock shelters, raisen district, madhya pradesh, india.
kupgal petroglyphs on dolerite dyke, near bellary, karnataka, india.
kudopi, sindhudurg district, maharashtra, india.
hiwale, sindhudurg district, maharashtra, india.
barsu, ratnagiri district, maharashtra, india.
devihasol, ratnagiri district, maharashtra, india
edakkal caves, wayanad district, kerala, india.
perumukkal, tindivanam district, tamil nadu, india.
kollur, villupuram, tamil nadu.
unakoti near kailashahar in north tripura district, tripura, india.
usgalimal rock engravings, kushavati river banks, in goa
ladakh, nw indian himalaya.

recently petroglyphs found @ kollur village in tamil nadu. large dolmen 4 petroglyphs portray men trident , wheel spokes has been found @ kollur near triukoilur 35 km villupuram. discovery made k.t. gandhirajan. second instance when dolmen petrographs has been found in tamil nadu, india.

 iran

map of petroglyphs , pictographs of iran

iran petroglyphs

petroglyphs in teimareh, khomein, iran

during recent years large number of rock carvings has been identified in different parts of iran. vast majority depict ibex. rock drawings found in december 2016 near khomeyn, iran, may oldest drawings discovered, 1 cluster possibly 40,000 years old. accurate estimations unavailable due sanctions.

petroglyphs ancient works of art left humankind secretly provide opening past eras of life , discover different aspects of prehistoric lives. tools create petroglyphs can classified age , historical era; flint, thighbone of hunted quarries, or metallic tools. oldest pictographs in iran seen in yafteh cave in lorestan date 40,000 , oldest petroglyph discovered belongs timareh dating 40,800 years ago.

iran provides exclusive demonstrations of script formation pictogram, ideogram, linear (2300 bc) or proto elamite, geometric old elamite script, pahlevi script, arabic script (906 years ago), kufi script, , farsi script @ least 250 years ago. more 50000 petroglyphs have been discovered, extended on iran s states.

a boy posing near petroglyphs

one of characteristics of iran’s petroglyphs continuity of existence of prehistoric marks on ancient pottery , bronze sculptures reveal impressiveness of petroglyphs of facades of caves , rocks reflected on ancient work of arts.

this continuity can traced eighth millennium bce potteries in ganj darreh near harseen in kermanshah state, third , first millennium bce, considering bronze period in lorestan. there unique similarity between petroglyph marks , prehistoric potteries if these works done sole artist.

 israel

kibbutz ginosar
har karkom
negev

 japan

awashima shrine (kitakyūshū city)
hikoshima (shimonoseki city)
miyajima
temiya cave (otaru city)

 jordan

wadi rum
wadi faynan

 kazakhstan

hunting scene in koksu petroglyphs



koksu river, in almaty province
chumysh river basin,
tamgaly tas on ili river
tamgaly – world heritage site of almaty

 laos

plain of jars

 south korea

bangudae petroglyphs

 kyrgyzstan

several sites in tien shan mountains: cholpon-ata, talas valley, saimaluu tash, , on rock outcrop called suleiman s throne in osh in fergana valley

 macau

coloane

 mongolia

petroglyphic complexes of mongolian altai, unesco world heritage site, 2011

 pakistan

rock art , petroglyphs in northern areas,

 philippines

angono petroglyphs of rizal, philippines

 saudi arabia

graffiti rocks , 110 km sw of riyadh off mecca highway
arwa, west of riyadh
al jawf, near al jawf
jubbah, umm samnan, north of hail
janin cave, south of hail
yatib, south of hail
milihiya, south of hail
jebel al lawz, north of tabuk
wadi damm, near tabuk
wadi abu oud, near al ula
shuwaymis, north of madina
jebel al manjour & ratt, north of madina
hanakiya, north of madina
shimli
bir hima, north of najran
tathleeth, north of najran
al-magar, in najd

 taiwan

the wanshan rock carvings archeological site near maolin district, kaohsiung, discovered between 1978 , 2002.

 vietnam

rock engravings in sapa, sa pa district, lào cai province
rock engravings in namdan, xín mần district, hà giang province