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Friday10 September 2010

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Prehistoric Rock Art in Iran (PETROGLYPHS)

Rock Arts and Rock Museums

Rock arts or petroglyphs are the oldest historical traces left behind from the ancient men. In other words, these rock arts vividly represent the very basis of the creation of secret writing systems, how to convey messages, the origin of language, history, myths and human cultures. The number of these arts amounts to twenty one thousand in the region of Khomein, some of them dated at about 4000 years ago.( Perfessor Marcel Ot) Man has not been able to discover such historical phenomena with such an antiquity up to now.

Perfessor Marcel Ot

What is a rock art or a petroglyph?

Simply stated, this art refers to any paintings on carvings or rocks. If those writings or painting on rocks are painted, they will be described as pictographs, and if these picture or writings are engraved or carved into the stones, they are known as petrographs or petroglyphs (in positive carvings a picture is chipped out of rock and in negative carvings, a picture is carved in rocks).Most often, pictographs are seen in the old caves, which are all of a short life due to natural forces and their existence for a long time is because of the fact that they have been preserved against such forces. But petroglyphs are also seen both in the caves and in the open-air places.more...

Examples of Ideas turned to images and icons in Prehistoric Iran (Hieroglyphs)

To eternalize the introvert ideas by observable evidents, the Man started to inscribe. He invented Hieroglyphs to show the realities of his life in forms of his and his companion’s lives, the environment, beliefs, rituals, magical dances, fighting and hunting occasions to communicate. On the other hand he started to create icons and symbols regarding his own current surroundings. Increasing sociological and psychological needs persuaded him to create simple images toward the creation of images that could express his own thoughts. more...

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