Algeria is home to some of the world's most significant ancient rock art.
12,000 - 2,000 B.C.E.
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Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus
These images reveal how the Sahara changed from rich grassland to inhospitable desert over thousands of years.
Running Horned Woman, Tassili n’Ajjer, Algeria
Who is this mysterious running horned woman, painted in a secluded, difficult to access part of Tassili?
Rock Art in North Africa
Tassili n’Ajjer’s “forests of stone” are the site of painted and engraved images, some up to 12,000 years old.