October
13
/ 2021
Russia’s Pegtymel petroglyphs, 2,000-year-old artworks found in a remote area of Arctic Russia, have been revealed to show scenes of hunting, and ritual hallucinogenic mushroom use. The telling images displayed on the Pegtymel petroglyphs are spread over the faces of 350 rocks in a location so remote it is only accessible by helicopter. Known as Eurasia ’s most northern art gallery, situated high above the right bank of the Pegtymel River, near the East Siberian Sea, these 2,000-year-old paintings represent the only rock art discovered in Russia above the Arctic Circle. Pevek, the nearest town to “Pegtymel, Chukotka” and its so-called “ancient art gallery,” is located around 5,555 km (3,452 miles) east of Moscow, in Russia ’s easternmost corner. Yelena
