Rock art of the Figuig region information

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...

Figuig or Figig (Arabic: فجيج, romanized: Fijīj; Figuig Berber: Ifeyyey) is an oasis town in eastern Morocco near the Atlas Mountains, on the border with...

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...

Algeria Ahaggar, Algeria Draa River, Morocco Rock art of Figuig, Morocco Aïr Mountains, Niger Sabu-Jaddi rock art site in Northern Sudan Archaeologists, anthropologists...

particularly rich array of prehistoric rock art. Tadrart is the feminine form of "mountain" in the Berber languages (masculine: adrar). The Acacus Mountains...

northeast of Figuig, forcing the Moroccans to withdraw. The Moroccan casualties were a few dozen missing. On the next day, the Algerians bombarded the Tindrara...

reconstructions of the artist's possible intent have been added). Resides at the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara, Turkey. Rock art of Figuig (Morocco)...

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...

Saharan rock art has been found to resemble the art of Nile valleys. The Saharan area was wetter until mid-Holocene or about 4000 BC, when the monsoon...

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

Iheren Rock paintings of Iheren Rock paintings of Iheren Rock paintings of Iheren Rock paintings of Iheren: Camel period, the final period of rock art in...

(beginning 4,000 cal BC). The Ennedi area is also known for its large collection of rock art depicting mainly cattle, as these animals had the greatest financial...

collection of rock paintings in a damaged state. An enclosure protects some of the shelters and access is subject to a fee. The set of rock paintings is...

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...

on the slopes bordering the waters. Rock painting of a bovine Rock painting of a bovine Rock engraving of a bovine Geography of Amazmaz (retrieved 2020-03-15)...

Bartz (2013). "Africa praehistorica Bd. 26". Wadi Sura - the Cave of Beasts: a rock art site in the Gilf Kebir (SW Egypt). Köln: Heinrich-Barth-Institut....

is the westernmost range of the Saharan Atlas, with the Amour Range further east. The range extends between Figuig Province in the Oriental Region of Morocco...

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

monastery of Ghazali are located at Wadi Abu Dom. In 2011, rock art, some of which is at least 5,000 years old, was discovered at 15 sites. "Ancient rock carvings...

the specificity of the noun. The ways in which gender is used to distinguish nouns is shown in as follows, with examples from Figuig: An example of nouns...

supply depots on a track in the desert. Abu Ballas was one of the largest. Besides the pottery there were discovered some rock carvings, stone tools and...

Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, Edited by: P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C. E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel, W. P. Heinrichs. Despois, J., "Figuig", in Encyclopaedia...

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,...

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...