TEHRAN – A team of four French archaeologists and rock art experts is scheduled to visit the 40,000-year-old petroglyphs in Iran’s Central Province of Teimareh in the near future, Iranian petroglyph expert Mohammad Nasserifard said on Thursday.

Speaking to IRNA, he said that the team plans to conduct research on the carved rock engravings, which were discovered in the Teimareh region in 2011.

“In 2014, four teams from Lebanon, France and Sweden visited the Teimareh engravings,” he said.

Naserifard, who is also a member of the Australian Rock Art Research Association, says petroglyphs are the most ancient works of art left by human kind.

“The Teimareh petroglyphs mainly depict various hand patterns and cup-shaped motifs that may refer to a temple or a place of worship,” Nasseri stated.

He said that the patterns of the Teimareh petroglyphs have previously been seen on ancient pottery and bronze sculptures discovered in the region.

Photo: This photo shows a rock bearing some petroglyphs in the Teimareh region, Central Province.

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