Indeed, it's a sad commentary to see ancient rock arts that survived for thousands of years unmolested until 'modern' people came along. Some of the things we saw would make your blood boil.
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I think about this all the time and you really, really have to imagine people still being people— so you just know it was some dumbass kid who decided to graffiti some shit, and decided the best goddamn thing he could draw was a cockroach with a couple of snakes that his dog brought him that afternoon…Very cool! You have to wonder what are those beings that were drawn?
If you look at where most of these ancient rock arts were made, you get the feeling that they chose the locations carefully and purposefully. This particular pictograph was painted almost in life-size. It was high up the roof of a huge alcove in the center of a gigantic wall of high cliffs. Imagine the time it took to gather and grind minerals for the paint before even making the image. Whatever the image meant, it exudes gravity and solemnity when standing below looking at it.
I was thinking the same. They looks so fresh.
There is a similar petroglyph site west of here called the Rochester Panel. It is full of seemingly random doodling. Some researchers discovered that the doodling might actually serve as a solar calendar using a pole to cast a shadow at different time of the year! https://javzworld.com/auto-draft/This thread had me looking for a pic I took a couple years back of the famous Newspaper Rock. Really cool seeing all the old school "graffiti" in one spot.
