Petroglyph

A petroglyph is an image created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading, as a form of rock art. The term generally refers to rock engravings of ancient origin, often associated with prehistoric peoples.
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  • Stone
  • Description: images carved on a rock surface as a form of rock art
  • Also known as
    “carved rock”
    “petroglyphs”
    “rock carving”
    “rock carvings”
    “rock engravings”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Qasr Usaykhim.
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Archaeological site
or Qasr Aseikhin, is probably a Roman… is situated 2 km south of Petroglyph.

Petroglyph

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Latitude
31.96159° or 31° 57′ 42″ north
Longitude
36.94663° or 36° 56′ 48″ east
Open location code
8G3RXW6W+JM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11564230443
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­stone
Wiki­data ID
Q42195

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Petroglyph” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Petroglief”
  • Arabic: “بتروغليف”
  • Arabic: “نقوش صخرية”
  • Arabic: “نقوش ما قبل التاريخ”
  • Armenian: “Այծքար”
  • Armenian: “Ժայռապատկեր”
  • Armenian: “Ժայռապատկերներ”
  • Armenian: “Իծագիր”
  • Asturian: “petroglifu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Petroqlif”
  • Basque: “Petroglifo”
  • Belarusian: “Петрогліф”
  • Belarusian: “Пэтрогліф”
  • Belarusian: “пятрогліф”
  • Breton: “Maenengravadur”
  • Bulgarian: “Петроглиф”
  • Catalan: “Petròglif”
  • Chinese: “岩刻”
  • Chinese: “岩石畫”
  • Croatian: “Petroglif”
  • Croatian: “Petroglifi”
  • Czech: “Petroglyf”
  • Czech: “skalní rytina”
  • Danish: “Helleristning”
  • Danish: “petroglyf”
  • Dutch: “Petroglief”
  • Dutch: “rotskerving”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نقوش ما قبل التاريخ”
  • Esperanto: “Petroglifo”
  • Estonian: “Kaljujoonis”
  • Faroese: “Helluristir”
  • Finnish: “hakkaus”
  • Finnish: “kalliohakkaus”
  • Finnish: “Kalliopiirros”
  • Finnish: “petroglyfi”
  • French: “Pétroglyphe”
  • French: “Pétroglyphes”
  • Galician: “gravado rupestre”
  • Galician: “inscultura”
  • Galician: “Petróglifo”
  • Georgian: “პეტროგლიფები”
  • German: “Felsgravur”
  • German: “Felsritzung”
  • German: “Felszeichnung”
  • German: “Petroglyphe”
  • German: “Petroglyphen”
  • Hebrew: “פטרוגליף”
  • Hindi: “शैलोत्कीर्ण”
  • Hungarian: “Sziklarajz”
  • Icelandic: “Bergrista”
  • Indonesian: “Petroglif”
  • Interlingua: “Petroglypho”
  • Irish: “peitriglif”
  • Italian: “incisione rupestre”
  • Italian: “Incisioni rupestri”
  • Italian: “petroglifi”
  • Italian: “petroglifo”
  • Japanese: “ペトログラフ”
  • Japanese: “ペトログリフ”
  • Japanese: “岩石刻画”
  • Japanese: “岩石線画”
  • Japanese: “岩面彫刻”
  • Japanese: “岩面陰刻”
  • Japanese: “線刻”
  • Japanese: “線刻画”
  • Kannada: “ಪೆಟ್ರೋಗ್ಲಿಫ್”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “jartas súwretleri”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “petroglif”
  • Kazakh: “Петроглиф”
  • Kirghiz: “Петроглифтер”
  • Korean: “암각화”
  • Latin: “Petroglypha”
  • Latin: “Petroglyphum”
  • Lithuanian: “Petroglifai”
  • Lithuanian: “petroglifas”
  • Lithuanian: “Uolų raižiniai”
  • Macedonian: “Петроглиф”
  • Marathi: “कातळ खोद शिल्प”
  • Marathi: “कातळशिल्पे”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “helleristning”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Helleristing”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “helleristning”
  • Norwegian: “Helleristning”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Petroglif”
  • Persian: “سنگ‌نگاره”
  • Polish: “petroglif”
  • Polish: “Petroglify”
  • Portuguese: “gravura rupestre”
  • Portuguese: “Petróglifo”
  • Pushto: “ډبرليک”
  • Romanian: “petroglif”
  • Romanian: “Petroglifă”
  • Romanian: “piatră cioplită”
  • Russian: “наскальное искусство”
  • Russian: “наскальные изображения”
  • Russian: “наскальные рисунки”
  • Russian: “наскальный рисунок”
  • Russian: “петроглиф”
  • Russian: “Петроглифы”
  • Russian: “писаницы”
  • Serbian: “Петроглиф”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “pećinski crteži”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Petroglif”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “petroglifi”
  • Sinhala: “කැටයම් ගලින් නෙලන ලද”
  • Sinhala: “ගලින් නෙළූ කැටයම්”
  • Slovak: “Petroglyf”
  • Slovenian: “Petroglif”
  • Spanish: “Petroglifo”
  • Spanish: “petroglifos”
  • Swedish: “Hällristning”
  • Swedish: “petroglyf”
  • Swedish: “ristning”
  • Tatar: “петроглиф”
  • Telugu: “పెట్రోగ్లిఫ్”
  • Thai: “Petroglyph”
  • Thai: “ศิลปะเลาะลายหิน”
  • Thai: “ศิลปะสกัดหิน”
  • Turkish: “Petroglif”
  • Ukrainian: “наскельне мистецтво”
  • Ukrainian: “Петрогліф”
  • Ukrainian: “петроґліф”
  • Ukrainian: “петрогліфи”
  • Ukrainian: “петроґліфи”
  • Uzbek: “Petroglif”
  • Veps: “Petroglifad”
  • Western Armenian: “Ժայռապատկեր”
  • Western Frisian: “Petroglyf”
  • Yue Chinese: “石刻”

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