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Finnish Prehistoric sacred sites in Finland
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Astuvansalmi Rock Paintings
Mikkeli (Ristiina), South Savo, Finland
On a granite cliff above Lake Yövesi in the Saimaa lake district, Stone Age hunter-gatherers painted some eighty red-ochre figures — moose, boats, hands, human forms —...
Haukkavuori Rock Painting
Mäntyharju, South Savo, Finland
Three clusters of red ochre painting line a steep rock wall on Lake Sarkavesi, reachable only by canoe....
Juusjärvi Rock Painting
Kirkkonummi, Uusimaa, Finland
On a sheer lakeside cliff seven kilometers north of Kirkkonummi, red ochre figures painted during the Bronze Age still hold their ground: paired human forms with raised...
Kapasaari Rock Painting
Kouvola, Kymenlaakso, Finland
On the single steep cliff of a small, uninhabited island in Lake Vuohijärvi, faded red figures include a human form with ambiguous horn- or ear-like marks above its head...
Saraakallio Rock Paintings
Laukaa, Central Finland, Finland
Saraakallio is Fennoscandia's largest known rock-painting site: a sheer cliff on Lake Saraavesi in Laukaa, Central Finland, carrying roughly 200 red ochre figures painted...
Syrjäsalmi Rock Painting
Puumala, South Savo, Finland
At a narrow bay of Lake Saimaa in Puumala, red ochre figures — stick people, a worn moose, a round-headed human form — span three height levels on a rock face of...
Uittamonsalmi Rock Painting
Mikkeli, South Savo, Finland
Four separate clusters of Stone Age painting — a legless moose, paired boats, horned human figures, and a striking ring-headed form — stretch across 250 meters of rock...
Värikallio Rock Paintings
Suomussalmi (Hossa), Kainuu, Finland
On a sheer rock face above Lake Somerjärvi in Finland's far northeast, Bronze Age hunters painted more than sixty figures in red ochre and blood — elk, hand prints, and...
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