2700-year-old petroglyphs were discovered in Sweden last month, depicting ships, people, and animals. According to Vice, the art was found on a steep rock face in Bohuslän, a region of the country known to contain a multitude of rock carvings.
The petroglyphs were found under a bed of moss on a face that, 2,700 years ago, would have been an island cliffside. According to a Facebook post from the Foundation for Documentation of Bohuslän’s Rock Carvings, the carvings were likely made from a boat. At that time, the sea level would have been approximately 12 meters higher than what it is today.
According to LiveScience, the largest figure depicts a four meter (13 feet) long ship. A majority of the petroglyphs are between 12 and 16 inches. There are multiple ideas as to what the figures are meant to display, with Martin Östholm of the Foundation for Documentation of Bohuslän’s Rock Carvings pointing out that they may have acted as a property marker. James Dodd of the Aarhus University in Denmark believes that the art may, in fact, display a story.
“On the basis of the repetition of the motifs, it is possible that this collection of figures forms a narrative.” – James Dodd
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