The rock carvings in Tanum, Sweden

October 14, 2010 by europeexplored No Comments

The Tanum rock carvings are one of the world’s most extraordinary prehistoric art sites — a UNESCO World Heritage collection of over 1,500 Bronze Age petroglyphs etched into the glacially smoothed granite bedrock of western Sweden. Dating back 3,000 years or more, these remarkable carvings depict warriors, ships, animals, hunting scenes, and mysterious rituals that […]

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