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Prehistoric art provides unique documentation about prehistoric beliefs and cult practices. Paintings and engravings on rock surfaces served as records of myths and stories, as places of worship and tribal identity, to preserve and teach the knowledge of sacred narrations and prepare the next generation for initiation. The immense heritage of prehistoric art describes myths and beliefs, which were the intellectual patrimony of human society; they display details of the worship of mythical ancestors. They show the images of supernatural beings and reveal the cult role of rock art, sacred sites, and the processes of initiation. Recent studies indicate that in different areas of the world rock art played the role of holy books of pre-literate societies for over 50,000 years. Prehistoric art, however, is not the oldest testimony of the presence of religion in human culture.
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