Kanozero Petroglyphs
{{Short description|Set of rock drawings on an island in Lake Kanozero, Murmansk Oblast, Russia}}
The Kanozero Petroglyphs are a set of rock drawings discovered in 1997 on an island in Lake Kanozero in the southwestern part of the Kola Peninsula in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. The petroglyphs have been dated to the 2nd and 3rd millennium BC. There are currently about 1300 different images discovered in 18 groups at the site.{{Cite web|url=https://visitmurmansk.info/en/places/museum-reserve-petroglyphs-of-kanozero/|title = Museum-reserve "Petroglyphs of Kanozero"}} Their meaning is not yet deciphered.
See also
- Compartment No. 6, a film featuring a visit to the petroglyphs. It features travel towards the petroglyphs.
References
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120324011126/http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/03/2012/remarkable-russian-petroglyphs Past Horizons: Remarkable Russian Petroglyphs]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928131204/http://www.murmantourism.ru/eng/cgi/view-sight.html?id=6718 Petroglyphs of the White Sea Coast]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071001001402/http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/euroarctic/arkiv.asp?Max=2006-08-21&Min=2001-04-21&PeriodStart=2006-07-17&Period=2&Artikel=898111 Protecting the Kanozero Petroglyphs]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928180101/http://kae.rekvizit.ru/kan/kanintr.htm The Kanozero Petroglyphs]
- [http://www.forskning.no/artikler/2012/februar/313758 Tegnefilm fra steinalderen] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130222221611/http://www.forskning.no/artikler/2012/februar/313758 |date=2013-02-22 }} {{in lang|no}}
{{coord missing|Murmansk Oblast}}
Category:Buildings and structures in Murmansk Oblast
Category:Archaeological sites in Russia
Category:Cultural heritage monuments in Murmansk Oblast
Category:Objects of cultural heritage of Russia of federal significance
Category:Culture of Murmansk Oblast
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