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This page lists the main themes shown in Eastern Desert rock art, together with some of the more frequent associations that appear with them. Examples of sites are taken from The Eastern Desert Survey (Rohls 2000). To see which sites these correspond to in the surveys of Winkler, Redford and Redford, Morrow and Morrow and Fuchs, see Appendix J.
Boats without sails
- With ordinary figures
- Being towed
- EDS DR-2
- EDS DR-1
- EDS MF-1
- With animals inside
- Ornamentation at prow/stern
- Cabins
- Oars
- Crew
- With loop-armed figures inside
- With giant figures with head-dresses inside
Boats with sails
Figures
- Crew in boats
- Loop-armed figures with and without boats
- With bovids
- Twin-plumed , without loop-arms
- Multi-plumed
Animals
- Elephant
- Ostrich
- Camel
- Crocodile
- Giraffe
- Hippopotamus
- Horse and rider
Examples of mixed scenes
- MF-1
- A number of styles, some superimposition and a number of different motifs
- Plumed figures
- Figures without plumes
- Figures with bows or staffs
- Ibex
- Elephant
- Hunters
- Other animals
- DR-1
- Boats
- Animals
- Hunter with bow and arrow pointed at animals
- MAM-1
- Large giraffe over high-prowed boat
- Figure on board
- DR-2
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