6,000 year old rock art near Aswan begs the question: Was there a link between the Neolithic period and Ancient Egyptian culture? Egyptologists at the University of Bonn discovered rock art from 4,000 BC near Aswan, according to Phys.org. “The paintings were engraved into the rock in the form of small dots and depict hunting scenes like those found in shamanic depictions. They may represent a link between the Neolithic period and Ancient Egyptian culture… Some of these engravings on the rock wall are clearly Egyptian in terms of iconography and stylistics, while others are clearly pre-Egyptian as regards the presentation method and motif.” Head of Egyptology at Bonn University Professor Ludwig Morenz says the paintings show an archer “hunting for the large flightless bird, while the man with raised arms can be identified as a hunt dancer.”