Alta, Norway

The Alta Museum has the most beautiful view of the Alta fjord.  There are long wooden walkways around this World Heritage Site, which allow visitors to view hundreds of 6,000 to 2,000 year old rock art examples.  Red paint was recently added.  The museum, regretfully, did not realize that this could hasten the deterioration of these prehistoric art works.

The person in the boat is holding stylized fish.

An unpainted carving, above, is difficult to see.  Most of the ones at Alta have been painted.

Alta Museum, Winding Paths

Paths lead to the two areas of rock carvings (petroglyphs) on either side of the museum.  The complete walk takes about 2 hours.  The winding fence like image on the rock have been interpreted as a fence for hearding and hunting or as a seperate symbolic cosmic realm where reindeer and spirit gods interact. 

What if a shaman, 6000 years ago, foresaw the winding paths that would be built by the Alta Museum?