Kanozero Petroglyphs

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Kanozero Petroglyphs
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Petroglyph specialist examining the Kanozero rock inscriptions
Kanozero Petroglyphs
Interactive map of Kanozero Petroglyphs
Location Murmansk, Russia
TypeRock art
History
Foundedc.2000 BC
Site notes
Discovered1997

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 in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. The petroglyphs have been dated from the 2nd and 3rd millennium BC. There are currently about 1,300 different images discovered in 18 groups at the site. [1] Their meaning is not yet deciphered.

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References

  1. "Museum-reserve "Petroglyphs of Kanozero"".