The study represents a new way to understand rock art preserved in the caves of Wadi Sura I and Wadi Sura II in Gilf Kebir. The sites are dated to the late seventh and the sixth millennia BC.
There are several elements featuring in their decoration which indicate that creators of this art formulated some very basic ideas which were later on elaborated in the Nile valley and that we traditionally connect with the specific character of Ancient Egyptian civilization.