{"id":93224,"date":"2026-03-17T12:21:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T06:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=93224"},"modified":"2026-03-20T17:28:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T11:58:32","slug":"petroglyphs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/petroglyphs\/","title":{"rendered":"Petroglyphs"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Petroglyphs Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Researchers recently found two ancient rock carvings (petroglyphs) on a flat rock inside a rock shelter on a hill behind Beerappa Temple in Manchirevula, Telangana.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Petroglyphs<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Petroglyphs (also known as <\/span><b>rock engravings<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) are <\/span><b>symbolic images sculpted or engraved on the surface of rocks<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by <\/span><b>removing material from its surface layer <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with instruments of superior hardness.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>techniques used<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to create these images include <\/span><b>pecking, incising, abrading<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>sculpting, polishing, drilling<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><b>scratching<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These processes <\/span><b>remove part of the rock<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and therefore are <\/span><b>different from images simply painted <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or drawn on rock, which are <\/span><b>called petrographs.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The word \u2018\u2019petroglyph\u2019\u2019 is <\/span><b>derived from two Greek words, \u2018\u2019petros\u2019\u2019 meaning &#8220;stone<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,&#8221; and \u2018\u2019<\/span><b>glyphein\u2019\u2019 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">meaning &#8220;<\/span><b>to carve.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Petroglyphs took <\/span><b>two primary forms<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as <\/span><b>images either appear as scratches <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or <\/span><b>deeper visible indentations on rock.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Petroglyphs are typically <\/span><b>associated with prehistoric populations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and can be <\/span><b>found on every continent<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> throughout the world, <\/span><b>except Antarctica.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, they are <\/span><b>especially concentrated in Africa, South America, North America <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(mainly in the southwestern United States),<\/span><b> Siberia, Australia, and Europe<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Scandinavia, Spanish Galicia, Ireland and Italy).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Example of Petroglyph Site in India: Edakkal Caves <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Wayanad, <\/span><b>Kerala<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Significance of Petroglyphs<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are among the <\/span><b>earliest forms of art<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to have existed and are therefore considered the <\/span><b>foundation of art.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ancient peoples also used petroglyphs as a <\/span><b>form of communication or writing.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, some petroglyphs clearly indicated the borders between tribal lands, and others were <\/span><b>astronomical markers and maps<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, <\/span><b>some petroglyphs served as musical instruments<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and were known as &#8220;<\/span><b>rock gongs.\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deccanchronicle.com\/southern-states\/telangana\/ancient-rock-carvings-discovered-in-manchirevula-1944344\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DC<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Petroglyphs are symbolic images sculpted or engraved on the surface of rocks by removing material from its surface layer. 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