| Cave of Archers | |
| Map Type: | Egypt |
| Map Size: | 240 |
| Coordinates: | 23.5947°N 25.2336°W |
| Location: | Gilf Kebir |
| Region: | New Valley Governorate, Egypt |
| Relief: | 1 |
| Epochs: | Neolithic |
Cave of Archers is a rock art shelter of the Gilf Kebir National Park in the New Valley Governorate, Egypt. It is located on the south-eastern slopes of Gilf Kebir, 40 m to the south of the Cave of Swimmers.[1]
The south-west oriented entrance of the cave is 10 m wide and 5 m tall and opens into a large cupuliform formation modeled in the sandstone. The rock paintings of the cave feature a few panels of persons with bows and arrows as well as a herd of bovines. The paintings are dated between 6300 BP and 5500 BP during the African humid period, much different from the present hyper-arid one.
Due to bedrock deterioration the sandstone is heavily weathered or fragmented and only a few painted sandstone blocks remain.[2]