Kanozero Petroglyphs
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The Kanozero Petroglyphs are a set of rock drawings discovered in 1997 on an island in Lake Kanozero
in the southwestern part of the Kola Peninsula
in Murmansk Oblast
, Russia
. The petroglyphs has been dated to the 2nd and 3rd millennium BC. There are about 850 different drawings at the site. Their meaning is not yet deciphered
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Lake Kanozero
Kanozero is a lake on the Umba River in Murmansk Oblast in Russia.The lake is 32 km long and between three and six kilometers wide. It is situated about halfway between Lake Umbozero and the White Sea. The Umba river enters the lake on the east side, about five kilometers from its northern...
in the southwestern part of the Kola Peninsula
Kola Peninsula
The Kola Peninsula is a peninsula in the far northwest of Russia. Constituting the bulk of the territory of Murmansk Oblast, it lies almost completely to the north of the Arctic Circle and is washed by the Barents Sea in the north and the White Sea in the east and southeast...
in Murmansk Oblast
Murmansk Oblast
Murmansk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia , located in the northwestern part of Russia. Its administrative center is the city of Murmansk.-Geography:...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. The petroglyphs has been dated to the 2nd and 3rd millennium BC. There are about 850 different drawings at the site. Their meaning is not yet deciphered
Decipherment
Decipherment is the analysis of documents written in ancient languages, where the language is unknown, or knowledge of the language has been lost....
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