Articles for tag: Petroglyphs

a close up of a cracked surface of dirt

Drought Uncovers Ancient Carvings in New Mexico

Suhail Ahmed

  Along shrinking shorelines and dusty riverbeds , a quiet reveal is underway: petroglyphs and inscriptions that spent decades beneath silt and water are blinking back into the light. The immediate story is dramatic – stone panels emerging where boat ramps once met lapping waves – but the deeper arc is about climate, time, and ...