Pictographs are painted
Petroglyphs are carved

Both rely on ancient oral traditional storytelling to understand the images.
Inside info lol

The epic of Gilgamesh is written in ancient storytelling way. Far more advanced than meets the eye like stories today. They knew the minds of man and how to move through states of consciousness. Stories were the way of reaching all levels. They can heal, teach, guide, break barriers, preserve history….etc

Translation with ego means the future is lost because the translation is lost from original form.
Heard
Made up
Personal
Is the three ways of a story with personal being the most powerful.

Fore-edge is ecotone different than forage lol