Roca dels Moros

The paintings were discovered in 1908 by the el Cogul village rector, Ramon Huguet, and a report was published in the same year. Since 1998 the paintings have been protected as part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site (reference 874). Inscriptions in Northeastern Iberian script and in Latin alphabet, one of which is an ex-voto, indicate that the use of the caves as a sanctuary extended to Iberian and Roman times. ==The Dancers of Cogul==

At Roca dels Moros there are forty-five figures depicted, of which thirty-eight are painted bright red, black and dark red, seven are engraved in stone. Currently, different interpretations have been given as an alternative to the dancers with the purpose of celebrating a reproductive ceremony. These can perfectly be women with certain social status gathering to socialize, with their children in a meeting place. These women show friendship and affection toward each other. Felix Rodrigo Mora suggests these images may have been painted by women. == Conservation ==

Conservation work has been carried out on the paintings under the auspices of the Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya. There is now a visitors centre to interpret the site and to promote Cogul in the context of a "route of rock art", linking it to similar sites in Catalonia. == The Saladar tombs ==

Near the paintings is a cemetery with tombs carved into the rock called Saladar tombs. File:CovesCogul1.jpg|The visitors center File:CovesCogul2.jpg|Cave painting of women with animals File:CovesCogul3.jpg|Inscriptions in Iberian script and Iberian schematic paintings File:tombesSaladar.jpg|The Saladar tombs ==References==