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previously as the Earliest Hunters Style, which has been considered the earliest in the
Oasis/

Fig. 1. Eastern Dakhleh Oasis, site 61-39/E3-3, petroglyph No. 1.
An engraved scene showing a giraffe hunt with what seems
to be bowmen assisted by dogs.

The second group of petroglyphs is characterized by depictions of female figures,
sometimes richly decorated (Fig. 2), seldom shown in association with humans or animals.
In one such case a scene shows an antelope apparently being pulled by a man towards

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