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Mount Karkom - Rock engravings of ibex

In the world archive of rock art, there are over 70 million engraving from all corners of the world. In all of them the ibex is the ultimate star. Its image appears on 80% of the rock art in Mount Karkom, the same frequency as other parts of the world. It is especially revered in Central Western Asia and even migrated to Europe. In the Negev Desert Israel, it is engraved on rocks. In Sumer and Persia he appears on boundary stones-Kuduru, cylinder seals and on pottery.
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