Åmøy

Åmøy is an island in Stavanger Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway.

[2][3] Nearly 1,000 rock carvings, dated from the Bronze Age, are found at the island.

[2][5] Among the picture motifs are people, animals, fish, ships and tools.

[3] Ostensibly, the Meling farm, claims to have the "largest concentration of rock carvings in Rogaland."

It is claimed that they were the product of a "cult" that viewed "the sun [as] an animating factor."

Human-like figure with a bird-like head and objects sticking out from its body.
Human-like figure from the rock carvings at Austre Åmøy
Rock carvings of ships from field IV at Meling, Åmøy. The field Meling – Åmøy IV has at least 33 figures, mostly ships. [ 4 ]