Zarautsoy Rock Paintings

The Zarautsoy Rock Paintings are a gallery of rock art contains the oldest petroglyphs in Central Asia. The images describe primitive man’s everyday life, and bull and wild goat hunting.^[1] The site is located in the Surxondaryo Region of Uzbekistan.

World Heritage Status

This site was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on 18 January 2008, in the Cultural category.^[2]

Notes

↑ Archived 28 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine
↑ UNESCO World Heritage Centre (2008-01-18). "Zarautsoy Rock Paintings - UNESCO World Heritage Centre". Whc.unesco.org. Retrieved 2014-02-13.

References

Zarautsoy Rock Paintings - UNESCO World Heritage Centre Retrieved 5 March 2009.

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