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Widely accepted places tagged “rock art”

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Verified66 Widely accepted4 Contested1 Hypothetical0 Unverified0 Pseudoarchaeology0

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Rock art sites66 Archaeological wonders37 Megaliths12 Petroglyphs10 Caves5

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🇬🇧United Kingdom8 🇵🇪Peru4 🇺🇸United States4 🇸🇪Sweden4 🇫🇷France4

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UNESCO World Heritage only

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Partially excavated40 Excavated16 Excavation ongoing14 Unexcavated1

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rock art71 unesco12 ancient8 americas6 holocene4 kilmartin3 neolithic3 passage tomb

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🇫🇷 France · Rock art

Harappan Rock Art — Nouvelle-Aquitaine Annex 408

Harappan · Harappan

Harappan rock-art at Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

🇵🇪 Peru · Rock art

Classical Rock Art — Huanuco Annex 418

Classical · Classical

Classical rock-art at Huanuco.

🇲🇽 Mexico · Rock art

Jomon Rock Art — Hidalgo Annex 455

Jomon · Jomon

Jomon rock-art at Hidalgo.

🇳🇬 Nigeria · Rock art

Tura Rock Inscriptions

Iron Age to Historic (500 BCE–19th c.) · Nok-derived / Bauchi hunters

Granite cliff with 300 inscriptions and cattle engravings (hunters' oath site).