Editing Petroglyph (section)

=== Africa ===
[[File:Site archéologique de Bidzar4.jpg|thumb|A petroglyph in Bidzar, Cameroon]]

==== Algeria ====
* [[Tassili n'Ajjer]]

==== Cameroon ====
* [[Bidzar]]

==== Central African Republic ====
* Bambari, [[Lengo]] and Bangassou in the south; Bwale in the west
* Toulou
* Djebel Mela
* Koumbala

==== Chad ====
* [[Niola Doa]]

==== Republic of the Congo ====
* The [[Niari Valley]], 250&nbsp;km south west of Brazzaville

==== Egypt ====
* [[Qurta]], on the east bank of the [[Nile]] River in the upper Nile valley, has [[Nubian Sandstone]] formations featuring the first and earliest known examples of petroglyphs in the region of [[North Africa]], dating back to 19–15,000 years BP<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Huyge|first1=Dirk|last2=Vandenberghe|first2=Dimitri A.G.|last3=De Dapper|first3=Morgan|last4=Mees|first4=Florias|last5=Claes|first5=Wouter|last6=Darnell|first6=John C.|date=21 November 2011|title=First evidence of Pleistocene rock art in North Africa: securing the age of the Qurta petroglyphs (Egypt) through OSL dating|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/abs/first-evidence-of-pleistocene-rock-art-in-north-africa-securing-the-age-of-the-qurta-petroglyphs-egypt-through-osl-dating/FBE838867A15C3CE76CAF883568AC251|journal=[[Antiquity (journal)|Antiquity]]|volume=85|issue=330|pages=1184–1193|doi=10.1017/S0003598X00061998|s2cid=130471822 |access-date=30 May 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|date=28 May 2012|title=Egypt: The Aurochs of Qurta|url=https://www.world-archaeology.com/features/egypt-the-aurochs-of-qurta/|journal=[[World Archaeology]]|issue=53|access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref>
* [[Wadi Hammamat]] in [[Qift]], many carvings and inscriptions dating from before the earliest Egyptian Dynasties to the modern era, including the only painted petroglyph known from the Eastern Desert and drawings of Egyptian [[reed boat]]s dated to 4000 BCE
* Inscription Rock in South [[Sinai Peninsula|Sinai]], is a large rock with carvings and writings ranging from Nabatean to Latin, Ancient Greek and Crusader eras located a few miles from the Ain Hudra Oasis. A second rock sites approximately 1&nbsp;km from the main rock near the Nabatean tombs of Nawamis with carvings of animals including Camels, Gazelles and others. The original archaeologists who investigated these in the 1800s have also left their names carved on this rock.
* Giraffe petroglyphs found in the region of [[Gebel el-Silsila]]. The rock faces have been used for extensive quarrying of materials for temple building especially during the period specified as the [[New Kingdom of Egypt|New Kingdom]]. The Giraffe depictions are located near a [[stela]] of the king [[Amenhotep IV]]. The images are not dated, but they are probably dated from the Predynastic periods.

==== Ethiopia ====
* [[Tiya (archaeological site)|Tiya]]

==== Gabon ====
* Ogooue River Valley
* Epona
* Elarmekora
* Kongo Boumba
* Lindili
* Kaya Kaya

==== Libya ====
* [[Akakus]]
* [[Jebel Uweinat]]

==== Morocco ====
* The [[Draa River]] valley.
* Taouz.<ref>Gonzalo de Salazar,"The Chariots of Sahara", Adoranten, Tanum: Scandinavian Society for Prehistoric Art, 2000. </ref>
* Akka
* Smara

[[File:Lion Plate at Twyfelfontein, Namibia (2014).jpg|thumb|Lion Plate at ''Twyfelfontein'' in [[Namibia]] (2014)]]

==== Namibia ====
* [[Twyfelfontein]]

==== Niger ====
* Life-size [[giraffe]] carvings on [[Dabous Giraffes|Dabous Rock]], Aïr Mountains

==== South Africa ====
* [[Driekops Eiland]] near [[Kimberley, Northern Cape|Kimberley]]<ref>Parkington, J. Morris, D. & Rusch, N. 2008. Karoo rock engravings. Clanwilliam: Krakadouw Trust; Morris, D. & Beaumont, P. 2004. Archaeology in the Northern Cape: some key sites. Kimberley: McGregor Museum.</ref>
* [[ǀXam and ǂKhomani heartland]] in the [[Karoo]], [[Northern Cape]]
* [[Wildebeest Kuil Rock Art Centre]] near [[Kimberley, Northern Cape]]
* [[Keiskie]] near [[Calvinia]], [[Northern Cape]]
'''Tunisia'''<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ben Nasr|first=Jaafar |date=June 2015 |title=The Rock Art of Tunisia When, Why and to whom? |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340926432 |journal=Expression |issue=8}}</ref>

* [[Oueslatia|Ouesslat]] Mountain, Ain Kanfous<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Yahia-Acheche |first=Sophie |date=2013-06-02 |title=Ousselat (Jebel — ; Tunisie) : Préhistoire et art rupestre |url=https://journals.openedition.org/encyclopedieberbere/2870 |journal=Encyclopédie berbère |language=fr |issue=36 |pages=5986–5993 |doi=10.4000/encyclopedieberbere.2870 |issn=1015-7344|doi-access=free }}</ref> and Zamla<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Jaafar Ben Nasr |date=November 2021 |title=Les peintures rupestres de l'abri de Zamla (Jebel Ousselat – Tunisie centrale) : la représentation d'une planimétrie agraire ? |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/356493858 |journal=Antiquités Africaines |volume=57 |pages=19–32}}</ref>
* [[Tamerza|Tameghza]]<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Roux |first=Henri |date=1911 |title=Peinture Rupestre du Djebel-Bliji (Sud -Tunisien) |url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/bmsap_0037-8984_1911_num_2_1_8311 |journal=Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d'Anthropologie de Paris |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=31–32 |doi=10.3406/bmsap.1911.8311}}</ref>
* The [[Tataouine Governorate|Tataouine]] Region, in particular [[Ghomrassen]]<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Mohamed Elhedi Ghrabi |date=2009 |title=Les peintures rupestres de Ghomrassen |url=https://www.ccsp.it/web/INFOCCSP/VCS%20storico/vcs2009pdf/Ghrabi.pdf |journal=Valcamonica Symposium |volume=XXIII}}</ref> and Smar<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Ben Nasr |first1=Jaâfar |last2=Houla |first2=Yassine |date=2020-10-01 |title=Les gravures rupestres d'Aïn Charchara (Smar-Tataouine; Sud-Est tunisien) |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003552120300388 |journal=L'Anthropologie |series=Art préhistorique |language=fr |volume=124 |issue=3 |pages=102762 |doi=10.1016/j.anthro.2020.102762 |s2cid=225122514 |issn=0003-5521|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

==== Zambia ====
* [[Nyambwezi Falls]] in the north-west province.