Early Hawaiian petroglyphs on a beach are visible again with changing tides and shifting sands
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A drone view shows petroglyphs carved into the rock surface at Pokai Bay, July 22, 2025, in Waianae, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin)Cultural practitioner Glen Kila walks around the petroglyphs carved into the rock at Pokai Bay during low tide, July 22, 2025, in Waianae, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin)A close-up shows two of several human-shaped petroglyphs carved into the rock at Pokai Bay, July 22, 2025, in Waianae, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin)Ancient petroglyphs carved as human figures are visible on the exposed rock surface at Pokai Bay, July 22, 2025, in Waianae, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin)Cultural practitioner Glen Kila poses for a portrait near the shoreline where ancient petroglyphs at Pokai Bay, July 22, 2025, in Waianae, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin)Archaeologist Laura Gilda of the U.S. Army Garrison Hawaii Environmental Division, left, and cultural practitioner Glen Kila walk along the shoreline near exposed petroglyphs at Pokai Bay, July 22, 2025, in Waianae, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin)Archaeologist Laura Gilda of the U.S. Army Garrison Hawaii Environmental Division fills a petroglyph carving with sand to make its shape more visible during low tide at Pokai Bay, July 22, 2025, in Waianae, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin)Cultural practitioner Glen Kila poses for a portrait near the shoreline where ancient petroglyphs at Pokai Bay, July 22, 2025, in Waianae, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin)A view of Kaneilio, a temple near Pokai Bay that cultural practitioner Glen Kila believes is spiritually connected to the nearby petroglyphs carved into the rock along the shoreline, July 22, 2025, in Waianae, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin)
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A drone view shows petroglyphs carved into the rock surface at Pokai Bay, July 22, 2025, in Waianae, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin)