ከአሥር ሺዎች ዓመታት በፊት ምድርን ስለጎበኙ እና ከሰዎች ጋር ቀጥታ ግንኙነት ስለነበራቸው ስለ ጥንታዊ ጠፈርተኞች እምነት እስከ ጉንዳን ሰዎች ሥዕሎች ወይም ጉጉቶች ድረስ የተለያዩ የጥንታዊ ሥዕሎች ትርጓሜዎች ተሠርተዋል።
The ancient paintings have received all manner of interpretations from stylized representations of people or even owls, to ancient astronaut theories which suggest that extraterrestrial beings visited Earth tens of thousands of years ago and had direct contact with the inhabitants.