{"id":85637,"date":"2023-08-09T05:43:15","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T04:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/?p=85637"},"modified":"2023-08-09T05:43:15","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T04:43:15","slug":"its-been-called-the-greatest-museum-of-prehistoric-art-but-few-tourists-know-it-exists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/en\/its-been-called-the-greatest-museum-of-prehistoric-art-but-few-tourists-know-it-exists\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s been called \u2018the greatest museum of prehistoric art\u2019\u2014but few tourists know it exists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\">nationalgeographic.com<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"Byline__Meta Byline__Meta--publishDate\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\">PUBLISHED AUGUST 8, 2023<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\">Few people will have heard of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/179\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tassili N\u2019Ajjer National Park<\/a>, even though it is the largest national park in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/travel\/destination\/africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Africa<\/a>\u2014a testament to its anonymity and remoteness.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\">Located in the southeast corner of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/travel\/article\/is-algeria-next-great-travel-destination-in-africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Algeria<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\">The region is a geological wonderland of uncanny rock formations lapped by orange dunes. Eons of erosion have sharpened the sandstone into pinnacles, worn apertures through high escarpments, and sculpted outcrops into surreal and zoomorphic forms. The park is thought to contain over 300 natural arches alone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\">But these rock forests are only half the story. Tassili\u2019s majesty lies not just in the visual splendor of the rocks, but also what past generations have left on them.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ResponsiveWrapper\">\n<aside class=\"InlineElement InlineElement--below-paragraph InlineElement--browser-width InlineElement--desktop InlineImage\" aria-label=\"Image\" data-bumper-index=\"1\">\n<div class=\"CopyrightImage\">\n<figure class=\"Image aspect-ratio--parent InlineImage--image\">\n<div class=\"RatioFrame aspect-ratio--auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper Image__Wrapper--relative\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/999A4115.jpg\" alt=\"Algeria rock art\" data-mptype=\"image\" \/><\/span><\/div><figcaption>\n<div class=\"Caption__Wrapper\">\n<div class=\"Caption\">\n<div class=\"Caption__TextWrapper\">\n<div class=\"Caption__Text\"><span class=\"Truncate Truncate--collapsed\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\"><span class=\"RichText\">Tuarag guide Abdellah Elies explains the legend behind the \u201cCrying Cows,\u201d a celebrated ancient engraving on rock face located between Djanet and Tadrart Rouge. The herd is said to represent the despair of the region\u2019s herders as the \u201cAfrican Humid Period\u201d came to&#8230;<\/span><button class=\"Button--unstyled Truncate__Button\" aria-hidden=\"false\">Read More<\/button><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"Image__Copyright\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\"><b>A museum of prehistoric rock art<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\">Among Tassili\u2019s most beautiful areas is Tadrart Rouge, accessible via 4&#215;4 tours from the oasis town of Djanet, a two-and-a-half-hour flight from the Algerian capital, Algiers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\">As the guides who run the tours\u2014invariably members of the nomadic\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Tuareg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tuareg<\/a>\u00a0tribe\u2014identify places to pull over, visitors will often see ancient etchings and paintings decorating the rock.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/history\/history-magazine\/article\/thamugadi-roman-outpost-ruins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i>See the ancient Roman city buried in the Algerian Sahara for centuries<\/i><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\">The French archaeologist Henri Lhote, who documented many of Tassili\u2019s 15,000 pieces of rock art in the 1950s and was later denounced for his vandalistic working practices, vaunted the region as \u201cthe greatest museum of prehistoric art in the whole world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\">These alfresco galleries are an eloquent ethnological record of the peoples who were drawn here through the ages. Curiously, many of the most prominent and accomplished petroglyphs depict large mammals more commonly associated with sub-Saharan Africa, including elephants, giraffes, rhinos, and hippopotami.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ResponsiveWrapper\">\n<aside class=\"InlineElement InlineElement--browser-width InlineElement--desktop ImageGroup__Wrapper\" aria-label=\"Image Pair\" data-bumper-index=\"2\">\n<div class=\"ImageGroup__Images\">\n<div class=\"CopyrightImage\">\n<figure id=\"1e13a8f7-641e-460e-a819-5cc9d43c706d_0\" class=\"Image aspect-ratio--parent\">\n<div class=\"RatioFrame aspect-ratio--auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper Image__Wrapper--relative\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/999A4487.jpg\" alt=\"Algeria rock art\" data-mptype=\"image\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"Image__Copyright\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"CopyrightImage\">\n<figure id=\"1e13a8f7-641e-460e-a819-5cc9d43c706d_1\" class=\"Image aspect-ratio--parent\">\n<div class=\"RatioFrame aspect-ratio--auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper Image__Wrapper--relative\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/999A5311.jpg\" alt=\"Algeria rock art\" data-mptype=\"image\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"Image__Copyright\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Caption__Wrapper\">\n<div class=\"Caption Caption--hideEndBug\">\n<div class=\"Caption__TextWrapper\">\n<div class=\"Caption__Text\"><span class=\"Truncate Truncate--collapsed\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\"><span class=\"RichText\"><strong>Left<\/strong>: A pyramidal rock in Boumediene features engravings of an elephant and human figures. Neolithic artists are thought to have created these petroglyphs with repeated strokes of a stone disc.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Caption__Wrapper\">\n<div class=\"Caption\">\n<div class=\"Caption__TextWrapper\">\n<div class=\"Caption__Text\"><span class=\"Truncate Truncate--collapsed\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\"><span class=\"RichText\"><strong>Right<\/strong>: An engraving of a long-horned cow was carved on a rock outcropping overlooking the plains of Boumediene.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ResponsiveWrapper\">\n<aside class=\"InlineElement InlineElement--browser-width InlineElement--desktop ImageGroup__Wrapper\" aria-label=\"Image Pair\" data-bumper-index=\"4\">\n<div class=\"ImageGroup__Images\">\n<div class=\"CopyrightImage\">\n<figure id=\"53b0f9ab-9087-4d18-8f51-460b4be2c8fb_0\" class=\"Image aspect-ratio--parent\">\n<div class=\"RatioFrame aspect-ratio--auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper Image__Wrapper--relative\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Algeria04.jpg\" alt=\"Algeria rock art\" data-mptype=\"image\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"Image__Copyright\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"CopyrightImage\">\n<figure id=\"53b0f9ab-9087-4d18-8f51-460b4be2c8fb_1\" class=\"Image aspect-ratio--parent\">\n<div class=\"RatioFrame aspect-ratio--auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper Image__Wrapper--relative\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/999A4479.jpg\" alt=\"Algeria rock art\" data-mptype=\"image\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"Image__Copyright\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Caption__Wrapper\">\n<div class=\"Caption Caption--hideEndBug\">\n<div class=\"Caption__TextWrapper\">\n<div class=\"Caption__Text\"><span class=\"Truncate Truncate--collapsed\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\"><span class=\"RichText\"><strong>Left<\/strong>: A view from inside a cave looks out over the rock formations of Oan Atan, an area of mesas and sandstone outcroppings in Tadrart Rouge.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Caption__Wrapper\">\n<div class=\"Caption\">\n<div class=\"Caption__TextWrapper\">\n<div class=\"Caption__Text\"><span class=\"Truncate Truncate--collapsed\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\"><span class=\"RichText\"><strong>Right<\/strong>: Engravings of giraffes, like this one in Boumediene, in Tadrart Rouge, are a common sight in the national park. They recall the \u201cAfrican Humid Period,\u201d between 11.7 to 5.5 thousand years ago, when the greening of the Sahara lured large mammals north from the sub-Sahara.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\"><b>When the Sahara was green<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\">The epic subtext to this natural and human-made artistry is the \u201cgreening\u201d of the Sahara. The scale of the erosion, especially in the deep-carved ravine systems to the north, indicate that Tassili\u2019s parched wilderness was once crisscrossed by waterways.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\">Paleoclimatologists have speculated that, between 11.7 to 5.5 thousand years ago, changes to the tilt and orbit of the earth in relation to the sun warmed the northern hemisphere.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"EmbedInline\">\n<div class=\"ResponsiveWrapper\">\n<aside class=\"InlineElement InlineElement--left InlineElement--below-paragraph InlineElement--desktop\" aria-label=\"markup\">\n<div class=\"static--markup\">\n<div class=\"ng-locator-map ng-locator-map-theme-light\" data-ng-locator-map=\"\" data-ng-locator-map-processed=\"true\">\n<div class=\"ng-locator-map-inner maplibregl-map mapboxgl-map\">\n<div class=\"ng-locator-map-meta\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/pages\/article\/about-our-basemaps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">About this map<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"maplibregl-canvas-container mapboxgl-canvas-container maplibregl-interactive mapboxgl-interactive maplibregl-touch-drag-pan mapboxgl-touch-drag-pan maplibregl-touch-zoom-rotate mapboxgl-touch-zoom-rotate\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"maplibregl-control-container mapboxgl-control-container\">\n<div class=\"maplibregl-ctrl-top-left mapboxgl-ctrl-top-left\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"maplibregl-ctrl-top-right mapboxgl-ctrl-top-right\">\n<div class=\"maplibregl-ctrl maplibregl-ctrl-group mapboxgl-ctrl mapboxgl-ctrl-group\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"maplibregl-ctrl-bottom-left mapboxgl-ctrl-bottom-left\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"maplibregl-ctrl-bottom-right mapboxgl-ctrl-bottom-right\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\">During this \u201cAfrican Humid Period,\u201d longer and more intense summer monsoons filled geological basins with lakes and wetlands. Great rivers connected the Atlantic to the Mediterranean shoreline of the Maghreb. Large mammals roamed the endless grasslands.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ResponsiveWrapper\">\n<aside class=\"InlineElement InlineElement--browser-width InlineElement--desktop ImageGroup__Wrapper\" aria-label=\"Image Pair\" data-bumper-index=\"6\">\n<div class=\"ImageGroup__Images\">\n<div class=\"CopyrightImage\">\n<figure id=\"2d9de5f3-c2f2-40a1-8aeb-1d37eeaf37a2_0\" class=\"Image aspect-ratio--parent\">\n<div class=\"RatioFrame aspect-ratio--auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper Image__Wrapper--relative\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/999A4029.jpg\" alt=\"Algeria Rock Art\" data-mptype=\"image\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"Image__Copyright\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"CopyrightImage\">\n<figure id=\"2d9de5f3-c2f2-40a1-8aeb-1d37eeaf37a2_1\" class=\"Image aspect-ratio--parent\">\n<div class=\"RatioFrame aspect-ratio--auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper Image__Wrapper--relative\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_6685.jpg\" alt=\"Algeria rock art\" data-mptype=\"image\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"Image__Copyright\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Caption__Wrapper\">\n<div class=\"Caption Caption--hideEndBug\">\n<div class=\"Caption__TextWrapper\">\n<div class=\"Caption__Text\"><span class=\"Truncate Truncate--collapsed\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\"><span class=\"RichText\"><strong>Left<\/strong>: The \u201cCrying Cows\u201d is a well-known engraving located off the road that runs between Djanet and Tadrart Rouge.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Caption__Wrapper\">\n<div class=\"Caption\">\n<div class=\"Caption__TextWrapper\">\n<div class=\"Caption__Text\"><span class=\"Truncate Truncate--collapsed\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\"><span class=\"RichText\"><strong>Right<\/strong>: The engravings found in the Dider Valley, such as this stylized impression of a cow, are among the most celebrated and artistically accomplished artworks in the Tassili N\u2019Ajjer National Park.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ResponsiveWrapper\">\n<aside class=\"InlineElement InlineElement--browser-width InlineElement--desktop InlineImage\" aria-label=\"Image\" data-bumper-index=\"7\">\n<div class=\"CopyrightImage\">\n<figure class=\"Image aspect-ratio--parent InlineImage--image\">\n<div class=\"RatioFrame aspect-ratio--auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper Image__Wrapper--relative\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DJI_09042.jpg\" alt=\"Algeria rock formations\" data-mptype=\"image\" \/><\/span><\/div><figcaption>\n<div class=\"Caption__Wrapper\">\n<div class=\"Caption\">\n<div class=\"Caption__TextWrapper\">\n<div class=\"Caption__Text\"><span class=\"Truncate Truncate--collapsed\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\"><span class=\"RichText\">An aerial view captures the \u201crock-forests\u201d near the southeast Algerian oasis of Djanet, on the western fringe of Tassili N\u2018Ajjer National Park. The area\u2019s rock formations are the heavily eroded remnants of a pre-Cambrian sandstone plateau.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"Image__Copyright\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\"><b>The art of change<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\">The rock art in Tassili N\u2019Ajjer tracks the climatic shifts that were to follow. As the region\u2019s weather patterns evolved, so did its human society. Several overhangs feature detailed, naturalistic pictures of piebald (irregularly colored) cattle, recalling the transition from hunter-gathering to mobile pastoralism. Many of the surviving images from this \u201cbovidian\u201d era are drawn in carmine paint, derived from crushed stone mixed with cow\u2019s blood.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ResponsiveWrapper\">\n<aside class=\"InlineElement InlineElement--below-paragraph InlineElement--browser-width InlineElement--desktop InlineImage\" aria-label=\"Image\" data-bumper-index=\"9\">\n<div class=\"CopyrightImage\">\n<figure class=\"Image aspect-ratio--parent InlineImage--image\">\n<div class=\"RatioFrame aspect-ratio--auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper Image__Wrapper--relative\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/999A4290.jpg\" alt=\"Algeria rock art\" data-mptype=\"image\" \/><\/span><\/div><figcaption>\n<div class=\"Caption__Wrapper\">\n<div class=\"Caption\">\n<div class=\"Caption__TextWrapper\">\n<div class=\"Caption__Text\"><span class=\"Truncate Truncate--collapsed\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\"><span class=\"RichText\">Abdellah Elies, a Tuareg guide, walks over the dunes of Moul Naga, a waypoint on the classic touring route around Algeria\u2019s Tadrart Rouge, among Tassili N\u2019Ajjer\u2019s most beautiful\u2014and accessible\u2014regions.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"Image__Copyright\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\">One exception is among the region\u2019s most famous artworks. On a lone outcrop, near the road that today runs between Djanet and the Libyan border, is an etching known as the \u201cCrying Cows.\u201d Carved by a master craftsman, it shows a group of cattle in sweeping, calligraphic lines.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\">The heads of the cows are turned toward the viewer, and each one has a large tear welling beneath one of its eyes. Local legend has it that the herd represents the herders\u2019 anxiety as the rains dried up, and the Sahelian vegetation that had sustained large mammals for several millennia receded.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ambientVideo\">\n<div class=\"ResponsiveWrapper\">\n<aside class=\"InlineElement InlineElement--page-width InlineElement--desktop InlineVideo\" aria-label=\"Silent Video for Algeria Rock Art - driving diptych\" data-bumper-index=\"11\">\n<div class=\"SingleVideo\">\n<div class=\"AmbientVideoWrapper\">\n<div class=\"NatGeoVideoPlayer NatGeoVideoPlayer--videoPlaying aspect-ratio--parent aspect-ratio--16x9 VideoPlayer\">\n<div class=\"VideoPlayer--placeholder absolute-fill\">\n<div class=\"MediaPlaceholder relative MediaPlaceholder--16x9 cursor-pointer\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<figure class=\"Image aspect-ratio--parent MediaPlaceholder__Image\">\n<div class=\"RatioFrame aspect-ratio--16x9\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper aspect-ratio--child\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/00000188-fe5a-db86-af9a-ffffe0000000_16x9.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-mptype=\"image\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"MediaPlaceholder__Overlay absolute-fill flex flex-center-all\">\n<div class=\"MediaPlaceholder__Pill  items-center absolute flex\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><button class=\"Button Button--sm Button--icon-noLabel AmbientVideoWrapper__Toggle AmbientVideoWrapper__Toggle--bottom_left\" aria-label=\"Pause\"><\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"AmbientVideoWrapper\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\">A 4&#215;4 traverses massive sand dunes at Moul Naga (left) and enters a stony canyon at Tikoubaouine (right).<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\">The weeping cows are a presentiment of the Sahara\u2019s arid present. As an age of fecundity was succeeded by an age of dust, the elegant glyphs gave way to diagrammatic scrawls of camels\u2014the hurried, \u201cI was here\u201d graffiti of people living on the move.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\">In recent decades, local instability, most notably civil conflicts in Libya and Niger, has prohibited access to much of the national park. The sheer size of wilderness places it beyond the reach of Algerian military patrols.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ResponsiveWrapper\">\n<aside class=\"InlineElement InlineElement--below-paragraph InlineElement--browser-width InlineElement--desktop InlineImage\" aria-label=\"Image\" data-bumper-index=\"13\">\n<div class=\"CopyrightImage\">\n<figure class=\"Image aspect-ratio--parent InlineImage--image\">\n<div class=\"RatioFrame aspect-ratio--auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper Image__Wrapper--relative\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Algeria07.jpg\" alt=\"Algeria rock formations\" data-mptype=\"image\" \/><\/span><\/div><figcaption>\n<div class=\"Caption__Wrapper\">\n<div class=\"Caption\">\n<div class=\"Caption__TextWrapper\">\n<div class=\"Caption__Text\"><span class=\"Truncate Truncate--collapsed\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\"><span class=\"RichText\">Uncanny rock formations are silhouetted through the evening haze at Oan Atan, in Tadrart Rouge. Eons of erosion have sculpted Tassili N\u2019Ajjer National Park\u2019s rocks into unusual and evocative shapes.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"Image__Copyright\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ResponsiveWrapper\">\n<aside class=\"InlineElement InlineElement--browser-width InlineElement--desktop ImageGroup__Wrapper\" aria-label=\"Image Pair\" data-bumper-index=\"15\">\n<div class=\"ImageGroup__Images\">\n<div class=\"CopyrightImage\">\n<figure id=\"52d60242-88b8-407a-ae20-d00aba3edf97_0\" class=\"Image aspect-ratio--parent\">\n<div class=\"RatioFrame aspect-ratio--auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper Image__Wrapper--relative\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_6659.jpg\" alt=\"Algeria rock art\" data-mptype=\"image\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"Image__Copyright\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"CopyrightImage\">\n<figure id=\"52d60242-88b8-407a-ae20-d00aba3edf97_1\" class=\"Image aspect-ratio--parent\">\n<div class=\"RatioFrame aspect-ratio--auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper Image__Wrapper--relative\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_6643.jpg\" alt=\"Algeria rock art\" data-mptype=\"image\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"Image__Copyright\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Caption__Wrapper\">\n<div class=\"Caption Caption--hideEndBug\">\n<div class=\"Caption__TextWrapper\">\n<div class=\"Caption__Text\"><span class=\"Truncate Truncate--collapsed\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\"><span class=\"RichText\"><strong>Left<\/strong>: A sleeping antelope is carved into the expansive stone surface in the Dider 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Most of the rock art from this \u201dBovidian\u201c or \u201cpastoral\u201d period depicts cattle, tracking the local population\u2019s transition from hunter-gatherer to nomadic herder lifestyles. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Caption__Wrapper\">\n<div class=\"Caption\">\n<div class=\"Caption__TextWrapper\">\n<div class=\"Caption__Text\"><span class=\"Truncate Truncate--collapsed\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\"><span class=\"RichText\"><strong>Right<\/strong>: This engraving of a human figure and giraffe is a prominent sight near the track at Ouanahar in Tadrart.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ResponsiveWrapper\">\n<aside class=\"InlineElement InlineElement--browser-width InlineElement--desktop InlineImage\" aria-label=\"Image\" data-bumper-index=\"19\">\n<div class=\"CopyrightImage\">\n<figure class=\"Image aspect-ratio--parent InlineImage--image\">\n<div class=\"RatioFrame aspect-ratio--auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper Image__Wrapper--relative\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/999A5096.jpg\" alt=\"Algeria rock art\" data-mptype=\"image\" \/><\/span><\/div><figcaption>\n<div class=\"Caption__Wrapper\">\n<div class=\"Caption\">\n<div class=\"Caption__TextWrapper\">\n<div class=\"Caption__Text\"><span class=\"Truncate Truncate--collapsed\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\"><span class=\"RichText\">Human figures adorn a rock in Bouhedyen at Tadrart Rouge. While many examples of ancient art in Tassili N\u2019Ajjer are engraved, others are created with paints made from crushed stone.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"Image__Copyright\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ambientVideo\">\n<div class=\"ResponsiveWrapper\">\n<aside class=\"InlineElement InlineElement--browser-width InlineElement--desktop InlineVideo\" aria-label=\"Silent Video for Algeria Rock Art - square\" data-bumper-index=\"21\">\n<div class=\"SingleVideo\">\n<div class=\"AmbientVideoWrapper\">\n<div class=\"NatGeoVideoPlayer NatGeoVideoPlayer--videoPlaying aspect-ratio--parent aspect-ratio--16x9 VideoPlayer\">\n<div class=\"VideoPlayer--placeholder absolute-fill\">\n<div class=\"MediaPlaceholder relative MediaPlaceholder--16x9 cursor-pointer\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<figure class=\"Image aspect-ratio--parent MediaPlaceholder__Image\">\n<div class=\"RatioFrame aspect-ratio--16x9\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper aspect-ratio--child\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/00000188-fe58-db86-af9a-fffd4aea0000_16x9.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-mptype=\"image\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"LoadAnimation LoadAnimation--darkBG LoadAnimation--md\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><button class=\"Button Button--sm Button--icon-noLabel AmbientVideoWrapper__Toggle AmbientVideoWrapper__Toggle--bottom_left\" aria-label=\"Pause\"><\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"Caption__Wrapper\">\n<div class=\"Caption\">\n<div class=\"Caption__TextWrapper\">\n<div class=\"Caption__Text\"><span class=\"Truncate Truncate--collapsed\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\"><span class=\"RichText\">Local guides lead 4&#215;4 tours of Tadrart Rouge.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ResponsiveWrapper\">\n<aside class=\"InlineElement InlineElement--browser-width InlineElement--desktop InlineImage\" aria-label=\"Image\" data-bumper-index=\"22\">\n<div class=\"CopyrightImage\">\n<figure class=\"Image aspect-ratio--parent InlineImage--image\">\n<div class=\"RatioFrame aspect-ratio--auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper Image__Wrapper--relative\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Algeria26.jpg\" alt=\"Algeria rock formation\" data-mptype=\"image\" \/><\/span><\/div><figcaption>\n<div class=\"Caption__Wrapper\">\n<div class=\"Caption\">\n<div class=\"Caption__TextWrapper\">\n<div class=\"Caption__Text\"><span class=\"Truncate Truncate--collapsed\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\"><span class=\"RichText\">A guide, wearing the traditional robes and\u00a0<i>shesh<\/i>\u00a0headscarf of the nomadic Tuareg tribe, stands on an outcrop at Adrit.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"Image__Copyright\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Listicle__Content\" role=\"complementary\" aria-labelledby=\"cc8fad03-dde6-4dd0-a68d-b2ec052e0181-title\">\n<div class=\"Listicle__Content__Title\">\n<h3 id=\"cc8fad03-dde6-4dd0-a68d-b2ec052e0181-title\" class=\"Listicle__Content__Title__Head\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\">WHAT TO KNOW<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"RichText Listicle__Content__Text\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\">Tours of the Tassili N\u2019Ajjer tend to last five to seven days, with Tuareg guides collecting visitors directly from Djanet Airport and heading straight for Tadrart Rouge.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\">Teams consist of a guide, driver, and cook, and come equipped with camping gear, food, and water. A seven-day tour with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fancyalgeria.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fancy Yellow<\/a>, including domestic flights, costs around $770 per person.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 12pt\">Visitors with more time might want to combine a trip to Tassili with a trip to the Algerian Sahara\u2019s other great marvel:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Ahaggar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hoggar National Park<\/a>. 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