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<< Other Photo Pages >> Bir Hima Petroglyphs - Rock Art in Saudi Arabia

Submitted by KaiHofmann on Wednesday, 11 February 2015  Page Views: 4711

Rock ArtSite Name: Bir Hima Petroglyphs
Country: Saudi Arabia
NOTE: This site is 199.783 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Najran  Nearest Village: Hima
Latitude: 18.249553N  Longitude: 44.451500E
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.
4 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
3

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Bir Hima Petroglyphs
Bir Hima Petroglyphs submitted by Flickr : GRAVURES RUPESTRES A ABAR HIMMA, PRES DE NAJRAN, ARABIE SAOUDITE Site in Saudi Arabia Najran Abar Hima site Image copyright: Eric Lafforgue Photography (Eric Lafforgue Photography), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Bir Hima is a palaeolithic and a neolithic site in Saudi Arabia. Many engravings have been found on limestone, such as Cervidae, geometric signs, inscriptions and anthropomorphic figures.

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Bir Hima Petroglyphs
Bir Hima Petroglyphs submitted by Flickr : Camel chase on rock carving site in Abar Hima - Saudi Arabia © Eric Lafforgue www.ericlafforgue.com Image copyright: Eric Lafforgue (Eric Lafforgue), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bir Hima Petroglyphs
Bir Hima Petroglyphs submitted by Flickr : Najran rock carving site in Abar Hima - Saudi Arabia Najran Abar Hima site. If you're a lover of those kinds of carvings, go in KSA, you do not even have to search, they are everywhere on many old areas! And local people respect them, so they are very well preserved. © Eric Lafforgue www.ericlafforgue.com Image copyright: Eric Lafforgue (Eric Lafforgue), hosted on Flickr and displaye... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bir Hima Petroglyphs
Bir Hima Petroglyphs submitted by Flickr : Rock Carving In Abar Himma, Near Najran, Saudi Arabia Site in Saudi Arabia © Eric Lafforgue www.ericlafforgue.com Image copyright: Eric Lafforgue (Eric Lafforgue), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bir Hima Petroglyphs
Bir Hima Petroglyphs submitted by Flickr : GRAVURES RUPESTRES A ABAR HIMMA, PRES DE NAJRAN, ARABIE SAOUDITE Najran Abar Hima site Image copyright: Eric Lafforgue Photography (Eric Lafforgue Photography), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bir Hima Petroglyphs
Bir Hima Petroglyphs submitted by Flickr : Camel on rock carving site in Abar Hima - Saudi Arabia Najran Abar Hima site © Eric Lafforgue www.ericlafforgue.com Image copyright: Eric Lafforgue (Eric Lafforgue), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Bir Hima Petroglyphs
Bir Hima Petroglyphs submitted by Flickr : Najran Abar Hima site rock gravings - Saudi Arabia Site in Saudi Arabia Najran Abar Hima site. If you're a lover of those kinds of carvings, go in KSA, you do not even have to search, they are everywhere on many old areas! And local people respect them, so they are very well preserved. © Eric Lafforgue www.ericlafforgue.com Image copyright: Eric Lafforgue (Eric Lafforgue), hosted ...

Bir Hima Petroglyphs
Bir Hima Petroglyphs submitted by Flickr : Najran Abar Hima site - Saudi Arabia Site in Saudi Arabia Najran Abar Hima site. If you're a lover of those kinds of carvings, go in KSA, you do not even have to search, they are everywhere on many old areas! And local people respect them, so they are very well preserved. © Eric Lafforgue www.ericlafforgue.com Image copyright: Eric Lafforgue (Eric Lafforgue), hosted on Flickr and ...

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Re: Bir Hima Petroglyphs by davidmorgan on Monday, 02 August 2021
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