The Chariot rock drawings

Drawings carved onto the stone facades in the Timna Valley provide a record of the rituals and lifestyles of the people who lived in this area. The carvings, that date from the Egyptian-Midianite periods of activity in the region, offer hints about plants and wildlife that existed in the area as well as the life and work of the people who dwelled here.

For instance, a rock carving of gazelles, ibex, and ostriches, found on a high ridge of sand, suggests that ostriches were once native to this area.

The most famous of the carvings, the 'Chariots', is situated within a narrow canyon. Ox-drawn chariots with their Egyptian charioteers armed with axes and shields are easily identifiable in this large rock drawing.