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Oman: rock carvings at Hast bin Sultan

Petroglyphs at Hast bin Sultan, a wadi near Nizwa, Oman, with figures of man, woman, baby, and others, carved in low relief on a rock 20 feet high. Unknown origin and date. Local legend says the figures represent a father and mother who had committed infanticide, subsequently frozen into the rock as punishment.

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Petroglyphs at Hast bin Sultan, a wadi near Nizwa, Oman, with figures of man, woman, baby, and others, carved in low relief on a rock 20 feet high. Unknown origin and date. Local legend says the figures represent a father and mother who had committed infanticide, subsequently frozen into the rock as punishment.