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Rock Art of Alta
The largest prehistoric rock-carving site in northern Europe — thousands of UNESCO-listed petroglyphs over roughly 5,000 years, in Arctic Alta.
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About Rock Art of Alta
The Rock Art of Alta, in Finnmark in Norway's far north, is the largest concentration of prehistoric rock carvings in northern Europe and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Thousands of petroglyphs pecked into coastal rock over roughly 5,000 years — reindeer, elk, bears, boats, and hunting and fishing scenes — record the lives of the hunter-gatherers who lived here from the end of the last Ice Age. The main site at Hjemmeluft, with boardwalks and the Alta Museum, makes them accessible to visitors.
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- History, UNESCO sites, Archaeology
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