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Rock ArtSite Name: Wadi Rum PetroglyphsCountry: Jordan
NOTE: This site is 17.508 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Rock Art
Latitude: 29.759200N Longitude: 35.496300E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
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| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
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At one site in Wadi Rum, under a rock overhang, are several petroglyphs and Safaitic writings. The petroglyphs are about 30 feet up the rock wall, above the desert floor. The rock wall can be scrambled up to get to a narrow shelf just below the the petroglyphs. The petroglyphs depict camels, oryx, lions, and ostriches. There are some modern graffiti alongside the Safaitic writings, which are obvious due to the coloration. The graffiti appears to be modern Arabic that has been scratched upon.
Wikipedia - Safaitic
The Safaitic scripts: palaeography of an ancient nomadic writing culture, Della Puppa, C. (2022)
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