500-Year-Old Petroglyphs Resurface on Hawai’i Beach

500-year-old petroglyphs resurface on Hawai’i beach

A massive work of art dating back at least 500 years has resurfaced along the beaches of Hawai’i. Although usually obscured by the Pacific Ocean’s waters, a 115-foot-long sequence of ancient petroglyphs is visible once again on Oahu’s eastern coast near the Pililaau Army Recreation Center. First documented in its entirety in 2016, researchers estimate Hawai’ian artists etched the figures into lithified sandstone around half a millennium ago. The…

Changing tides and shifting sands render early Hawaiian petroglyphs on a beach visible again

Hawaiian petroglyphs dating back at least a half-millennium are visible on Oahu for the first time in years, thanks to seasonal ocean swells that peel away sand covering a panel of more than two dozen images of mostly human-looking stick figures. The petroglyphs are easy to spot during low tide when gentle waves ebb and flow over slippery, neon-green algae growing on a stretch of sandstone. This is the first time the entire panel of petroglyphs …

Changing Tides Reveal Ancient Hawaiian Petroglyphs

Seasonal changes in the ocean have uncovered more than two dozen Hawaiian petroglyphs that archaeologists believe are at least 600 years old. Now officials are grappling with how to share the petroglyphs with the community while also protecting them.

Hawaiian Petroglyphs Reemerge Thanks To Changing Tides And Shifting Sands

It's the first time the entire panel of 26 figures has been visible since they were spotted nine years ago. Native Hawaiian cultural practitioner Glen Kila believes it's a message from his ancestors about rising ocean levels.

Petroglyphs reemerge on Hawaiian beach

WAIANAE, Hawaii — Hawaiian petroglyphs dating back at least a half-millennium are visible on Oahu for the first time in years, thanks to seasonal ocean swells that peel away sand covering a panel of more than two dozen images of…

Ancient Hawaiian Petroglyphs revealed at Pililaau Army Recreation Center

A 115-foot panel of ancient Hawaiian petroglyphs was revealed at the U.S. Army Garrison Hawaii's Pililaau Army Recreation Center, July 12, revealing a story carved in stone.