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Submitted by KaiHofmann on Friday, 30 March 2012  Page Views: 12242

Rock ArtSite Name: Ait Ouazik gravures rupestres
Country: Morocco Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Tazzarine  Nearest Village: Ait Ouazik
Latitude: 30.684148N  Longitude: 5.64489W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
1 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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Ait Ouazik gravures rupestres
Ait Ouazik gravures rupestres submitted by KaiHofmann : Petroglyphs at Ait Ouazik around 5000-8000 years old. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Thousands of engravings on stones on a hill near Ait Ouazik, Morocco. Depicting animals - for example rhinoceros, elephant, ostrich, fishes and also symbols. Probably from around 6000 BCE.
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Ait Ouazik gravures rupestres
Ait Ouazik gravures rupestres submitted by KaiHofmann : Petroglyphs at Ait Ouazik around 5000-8000 years old. Site in Morocco (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ait Ouazik gravures rupestres
Ait Ouazik gravures rupestres submitted by KaiHofmann : Petroglyphs at Ait Ouazik around 5000-8000 years old. Site in Morocco (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ait Ouazik gravures rupestres
Ait Ouazik gravures rupestres submitted by KaiHofmann : Petroglyphs at Ait Ouazik around 5000-8000 years old. Site in Morocco (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ait Ouazik gravures rupestres
Ait Ouazik gravures rupestres submitted by KaiHofmann (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ait Ouazik gravures rupestres
Ait Ouazik gravures rupestres submitted by KaiHofmann

Ait Ouazik gravures rupestres
Ait Ouazik gravures rupestres submitted by KaiHofmann

Ait Ouazik gravures rupestres
Ait Ouazik gravures rupestres submitted by KaiHofmann : Petroglyphs at Ait Ouazik around 5000-8000 years old. Site in Morocco

Ait Ouazik gravures rupestres
Ait Ouazik gravures rupestres submitted by KaiHofmann

Ait Ouazik gravures rupestres
Ait Ouazik gravures rupestres submitted by KaiHofmann : Petroglyphs at Ait Ouazik around 5000-8000 years old. Site in Morocco

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Ait Ouazik gravures rupestres submitted by KaiHofmann

Ait Ouazik gravures rupestres
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Re: Ait Ouazik gravures rupestres by drolaf on Tuesday, 16 May 2017
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so good to know the site has protection. wonderful carvings of the animals of the green sahara culture which flourished up to about 5000bc i think.
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Re: Ait Ouazik gravures rupestres by TimCullis on Tuesday, 21 March 2017
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The easiest access is from the N12 between Alnif and Zagora (now all tarmac). About 3 km south of the junction with the R108 at Tazzaribe there is a Petrosud fuel station. 100 metres north of the fuel station is an easy track heading south west, follow this for 8 km, then the track goes north west, then west for 4 km. As you enter the village the site is signposted. Park next to a small modern kasbah and walk up the hill to the guardian's cabin. When I visited the guardian spoke excellent English and was well informed of the site. It is normal to give a small gratuity.
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Re: Ait Ouazik gravures rupestres by KaiHofmann on Friday, 04 May 2012
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the Ait Ouazik site is endangered by art thiefs, it has to be protected. Locals told me, that some people came in the 90´s and early 2000 and stole many smaller stones with engravings. So it is a worth protecting site.
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    Re: Ait Ouazik gravures rupestres by TimCullis on Tuesday, 21 March 2017
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    There is now a full time guardian for the site who has a cabin next to the most easterly group of petroglyphs.
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Re: Ait Ouazik gravures rupestres by KaiHofmann on Wednesday, 28 March 2012
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There are more then 1000! very old engravings on this kind of promontory hill.
Some burial mounds and a menhir are lying in this area as well. Stunning place.
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    Re: Ait Ouazik gravures rupestres by TimCullis on Tuesday, 21 March 2017
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    The burial mounds at Ait Ouazik are probably 3000 years later than the petroglyphs and having seen many mounds in Morocco I'm not convinced the menhir at Ait Ouazik has the significance that we give to these in Europe. The only other standing stone I'm aware of in Morocco is at M'soura stone circle far in the north near Asilah.
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Re: Ait Ouazik gravures rupestres by KaiHofmann on Wednesday, 28 March 2012
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The Ambiente is 5
The access is 1
Ait Ouazike is really an amazing place. One of my new favorit sites
in the world!
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