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The Petroglyphs of Jebel Uweinat. Many Questions and a Few Answers

Jebel Uweinat and its environs, lying in the centre of the aridest part of the Libyan Desert (Eastern Sahara) at the convergence of the borders of Egypt, Libya and Sudan, contains one of the most prolific concentrations of prehistoric rock art in Northern Africa. According to the last published count (Zboray 2009) there are 720 sites scattered about the mountain and the surrounding smaller massifs. Of these, 414 sites contain paintings and 347 petroglyphs, with an overlap of 41 sites

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Humans, megafauna and landscape structure – Rock engravings from Namibia encourage a comparative approach to central Europe and southern Africa

This paper deals with reflections that arose after observing prehistoric rock engravings at different locations in Namibia. These observations stimulated comparative considerations with focus on southern Africa and central Europe. Similar to the Aurignacian rock art of European origin, the most common motifs in the Namibian rock engravings are large animals. While in Europe, the species that served as a blueprint for the illustration of Aurignacian rock art have mostly disappeared, the megafauna illustrated on the rock engravings in Namibia

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