The Kanozero Petroglyphs are a set of
rock drawings discovered in 1997 on an island in
Lake Kanozero in the southwestern part of the
Kola Peninsula
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in
Murmansk Oblast,
Russia
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. The
petroglyphs
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. Outside North America, scholars often use terms such as "carving", "engraving", or other descriptions ...
have been dated to the 2nd and 3rd millennium BC. There are currently about 1300 different images discovered in 18 groups at the site.
Their meaning is not yet
deciphered.
See also
*''
Compartment No. 6'', a film featuring a visit to the petroglyphs
References
Past Horizons: Remarkable Russian PetroglyphsProtecting the Kanozero PetroglyphsTegnefilm fra steinalderen
Buildings and structures in Murmansk Oblast
Archaeological sites in Russia
Rock art in Europe
Petroglyphs
Cultural heritage monuments in Murmansk Oblast
Objects of cultural heritage of Russia of federal significance
Culture of Murmansk Oblast
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