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[expressions-of-nature]

Sagres, Portugal by Luca Severin

[oathtoblood]

Carved antler discovered at the Grotte de Lortet rock shelter in the French Pyrenees

15,000-18,000 BC

[martiniden666]

Photographer Ryan McGinley

[bobbole]

Noah Dao

[simena]

Anastasia Yarygina

[pussymargiela]

[pro-royalty]

Sydney Sweeney & Alexa Demie x Euphoria S3:E8

[newguineatribalart]

Australia contains some of the world's oldest surviving rock art traditions, with cultural landscapes stretching back tens of thousands of years. This visual guide explores the remarkable diversity of Aboriginal rock art across the continent, from the elegant Gwion Gwion figures and powerful Wandjina ancestors of the Kimberley, to the X-ray paintings of Arnhem Land, the Quinkan spirits of Cape York, the petroglyphs of the Pilbara, and the stencil galleries of Carnarvon Gorge.

Each region developed its own artistic language, reflecting local Dreaming stories, ancestral beings, Country, and cultural traditions. Together these rock art traditions reveal the depth, sophistication, and continuity of the world's oldest living culture.

Discover how Aboriginal rock art connects people, place, spirituality, and history across Australia.

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[poetryconcrete]

The Taq-i Kisra - Arch of Ctesiphon, in Iraq.

[filmphotofranz]

[through-a-historic-lens]

Two 'friends' in the early 1900s.

[kristina100000]

this is perfect and awesome

[cheshmenoor]

[recolored-classics]

Lunar night (1899) by Ivan Aivazovsky

[icecreamwithjackdaniels]

Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (Russian, 1817–1900), "The Ninth Wave" (details), 1850

[ohyeahpop]

Pearl, Water Colors, Early 1960s - Ph. James Bidgood