Rock art of Iheren and Tahilahi information

Iheren (or Eheren) and Tahilahi are rock painting shelters at the Tadjelahine sandstone plateau some 20 km west of Iherir in the Tassili n'Ajjer mountains...

Gilf Kebir Saharan rock art is a significant area of archaeological study focusing on artwork carved or painted on the natural rocks of the central Sahara...

(62 mi). The area has a particularly rich array of prehistoric rock art. Tadrart is the feminine form of "mountain" in the Berber languages (masculine:...

collection of rock art depicting mainly cattle, as these animals had the greatest financial, environmental, and cultural impact. This art dates back nearly...

The Cave of Swimmers is a cave with ancient rock art in the mountainous Gilf Kebir plateau of the Libyan Desert section of the Sahara. It is located in...

and Jacopo Foggini independently discovered a major new rock art site in the Western Gilf Kebir (Foggini-Mestekawi Cave). The North-western half of the...

network of ancient river beds and paleolakes underneath the sand dunes around Uan Muhuggiag. Rock art findings depicting elephants, giraffes, and crocodiles...

The rock art of the Djelfa region in the Ouled Naïl Range (Algeria) consists of prehistoric cave paintings and petroglyphs dating from the Neolithic age...

The rock art of the Figuig region of Morocco and Algeria are prehistoric engravings from the Neolithic period, similar to those found in the South Oran...

barrier between North Africa and the rest of Africa.[citation needed] In 10,000 BP, engraved and painted Central Saharan rock art began to be created, spanning...

Libya. It sits at an elevation of up to 300 metres (980 ft). The outcropping is abundant in prehistoric rock art and stone tools, particularly at the...

identification of non-human stencil hands at Wadi Sūra II (Egypt): A morphometric study for new insights into rock art symbolism". Journal of Archaeological...

of the Algerian Desert. The area has a rich array of rock art. The Tadrart Rouge is a roughly 15–30 km large and 150 km long southern prolongation of...

petroglyphs of figures and objects, as well as other rock art. The chiseled animals include elephants, giraffes, aurochs, wildcats, and crocodiles. These rock engravings...

archaeological sites, e.g. Umm Ruweim and the monastery of Ghazali are located at Wadi Abu Dom. In 2011, rock art, some of which is at least 5,000 years old...

rocks and surrounded by rushes, but used for thousands of years, as evidenced by the rock paintings on the slopes bordering the waters. Rock painting of a...

cave) is a rock art shelter of the Gilf Kebir National Park in the New Valley Governorate, Egypt. Located on the south-western slopes of Gilf Kebir,...

state. An enclosure protects some of the shelters and access is subject to a fee. The set of rock paintings is heterogeneous. Eight stylistic groups...

desert. Abu Ballas was one of the largest. Besides the pottery there were discovered some rock carvings, stone tools and even a senet game board engraved...

northwest of Tamtert and 18 kilometres (11 mi) southeast of Béni Abbès. It is notable for nearby rock engravings. "Décret n° 84-365, fixant la composition...

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...