You may be tired of rock art by now - I've managed to shoe-horn a lot in over the last few months - but in response to the video mentioned in another of today's posts, I thought it was worth posting a few more images just to show how remarkable it is.
The rock art of remote areas has no-one to protect it - its protection lies exclusively in two facts - it is too remote for many people to visit and those that do visit tend to care about what they are visiting so they treat it with respect. Obviously there are exceptions, and the recent post about the sheer tonnage of tourist waste left in the Dakhleh Oasis illustrate that very vividly.
General guidelines about rock art - don't touch it (even the lightest touch with the driest finger can harm it, but damp hands are lethal), don't bleach the paint by using flash, don't accidentally brush against it with your ruck sack. Don't trace it. Don't damp it down. Don't try to scrape away the sand from it. Bascially, the best strategy is just to look at it and enjoy it.
Sermon over - here are the pictures. As usual, click on the small image to see the bigger picture.
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