#Tassili n'Ajjer

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I look at petroglyphs with lines in them like this and always immediately go "That's a map!" and sure enough if you compare it to topographical maps of the region it looks like it.

I wonder if someone else has noticed this before. I guess at least someone must've if they even have it on bank notes

Ancient petroglyph, possibly depicting a sleeping antelope, located at Tin Taghirt on the Tassili n’Ajjer in southern Algeria.

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سيفار.. مدينة الجن والفضائيين في صحراء الجزائر

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Tuareg Near A Rock Carving Depicting Giraffes, Tassili N'ajjer National Park, Tadrart Rouge, Algeria

Algeria, A Place That’s Soon To Be On Everyone’s Radar

Photographer: Eric Lafforgue

Tuareg Sits In The Sahara Desert, North Africa, Erg Admer, Algeria

Mozabite Women In White Haïk In The Streets Of Ksar El Atteuf, North Africa, Ghardaia, Algeria

Boy Near The Torso Of Jupiter Statue, North Africa, Djemila, Algeria

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NASA honors Algerian parks with Martian namesakes

NASA's mapping of Mars now bears the names of three iconic Algerian national parks, Algerian physicist Noureddine Melikechi, a member of the US space agency's largest Mars probe mission, has told AFP.

The Tassili n'Ajjer, Ghoufi and Djurdjura national parks have found their Martian namesakes after a proposition by Melikechi, which he sought as both a tribute to his native Algeria and a call to protect Earth.

"Our planet is fragile, and it's a signal to the world that we really need to take care of our national parks, whether they are in Algeria or elsewhere," the US-based scientist told AFP in a recent interview.

He said the visual resemblance between some of the Martian landscapes and the ones after which they were labeled was also a key reason for the naming.

"The first one that came to my mind was the Tassili n'Ajjer," he said of the UNESCO-listed vast plateau in the Sahara Desert with prehistoric art dating back at least 12,000 years.

"Every time I see pictures of Mars, they remind me of Tassili n'Ajjer, and now every time I see Tassili n'Ajjer, it reminds me of Mars," added Melikechi, who left Algeria in 1990 for the United States, where he now teaches at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.

The ancient art found in Tassili n'Ajjer depicts figures that can seem otherworldly, he said.

Some of the paintings show single-eyed and horned giants, among others which French archaeologist Henri Lhote dubbed as "great Martian" deities in his 1958 book, "The Search for the Tassili Frescoes".

"Those paintings are a signature... a book of how people used to live," said Melikechi.

"You see animals, but also figures that look like they came from somewhere else."

'Historic'

Melikechi's second pick was the Ghoufi canyon in eastern Algeria, whose rocky desert landscape was the site of an ancient settlement off the Aures Mountains.

Now a UNESCO-listed site and a tourist attraction, it has cliffside dwellings carved in the mountain, a testament to human resilience in a place where survival can be adverse.

"Ghoufi gives you a sense that life can be hard, but you can manage to keep at it as you go," Melikechi said.

"You can see that through those homes."

The third site, Djurdjura, is a snowy mountain range some 140 kilometers (about 90 miles) east of the capital Algiers.

Comapred to Tassili or Ghoufi, it bears the least resemblance to Mars.

Melikechi said its pick stemmed of Djurdjura's "reminder of the richness of natural habitats".

He said the naming process came after Perseverence, NASA's Mars rover exploring the Red Planet, made it into uncharted territory.

That area was then split into small quadrants, each needing a name.

"We were asked to propose names for specific quadrants," he said.

"I suggested these three national parks, while others proposed names from parks worldwide. A team then reviewed and selected the final names."

The announcement, made by NASA earlier this month, sparked celebrations among Algerians.

Algerian Culture Minister Zouhir Ballalou hailed it as a "historic and global recognition" of the North African country's landscapes.

Melikechi said he hopes that it will attract more visitors as Algeria has been striving to promote tourism, especially in the Sahara region, with authorities promising to facilitate tourist visas.

Official figures said some 2.5 million tourists visited the country last year—its highest number of visitors in two decades.

"These places are a treasure that we as humans have inherited," Melikechi said.

"We need to make sure they are preserved."

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Pintura rupestre de la cueva de Tassili n'Ajjer, Sahara (12000-7000 años).

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Figure of a sleeping Antelope incised on rock up to 10,000 years ago at Tin Taghirt, Tassili n'Ajjer in Algeria, one of the largest & most important groupings of prehistoric cave art in the world.

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8000 year old cave painting in Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria depicting a shaman during a psychedelic mushroom use(5800 BC)

Cave art in Tassili n’Ajjer SE Algeria shows the oldest known petroglyphs of psychoactive mushrooms, specifically Psilocybe.

The paintings show people holding objects that look like mushrooms and some have mushrooms growing from their bodies.

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"Tassili n'Ajjer

Located in a strange lunar landscape of great geological interest, this site has one of the most important groupings of prehistoric cave art in the world. More than 15,000 drawings and engravings record the climatic changes, the animal migrations and the evolution of human life on the edge of the Sahara from 6000 BC to the first centuries of the present era."

quote from https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/179/

pics 1 and 2 from https://www.amusingplanet.com/2016/03/the-prehistoric-rock-art-of-tassili.html

pic 3 from https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/498703358720537985/

pic 4 from https://wondersofthepast.quora.com/Rock-Art-from-Tadrart-Acacus-Libya

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90s rave aesthetic (Plastikman, Spiral Tribe...) / 5800 BC cave art from Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria

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''قافـــلـــة الايـــموهاغ '' الـــــطـــــوارق

CARAVAN OF IMOHAGH - La caravane des Imoûhagh Touareg 🐪🐪🐪🐪🐪🐪

الـــــــجزائـــــــــــــر_ Algeria

منذ اقدم العصور جاب الطوارق الايموهاغ الصحراء بقوافلهم فاحيوا الواحات و المخيمات و المجتمعات السكانية و قامو بتامين تبادل تجاري و ثقافي, حيث كان هناك قوافل تسافر لعدة اشهروكانت مكونة في بعض المرات مثل قافلة الملح " الزاي " بما يزيد عن الالف جمل .

Depuis la nuit des Temps, les TOUAREGS ont sillonné le Sahara en tous sens avec leurs caravanes, faisant vivre les oasis, les campements, les centres de vie, assurant les échanges commerciaux et culturels. Les caravanes partaient pour plusieurs mois et certaines étaient constituées, comme l’Azalaï la caravane du sel, de plus de 1000 dromadaires.

Since the dawn of Time, theTUAREG have crossed the Sahara in all directions with their caravans and live oasis, encampments, living centers, providing the commercial and cultural exchanges.

The caravan left for several months and were incorporated, as the caravan Azalaï salt, more than 1,000 camels.

La Grande Caravane de l’Ahaggar au Tassili N’Ajjer

C’est la piste des rezzou d’autrefois que vous suivez. De Tamanrasset à Djanet, 700 km à dos de dromadaire. Sur votre parcours, les oueds et campements de l’Est de l’Ahaggar, de vieilles montagnes volcaniques, les ténérés d’Amadghor et du Tafessasset, les grandes dunes de l’erg Admer, les falaises du tassili N’Ajjer

The Big Caravan

From Ahaggar to Tassili of N'Ajjer

This is the track of past raids that you follow. Tamanrasset to Djanet, 700 km camel. On your journey, wadis and settlements in eastern Ahaggar, ancient volcanic mountains, Ténéré of Amadghor Tafessasset, the large dunes of Erg Admer, cliffs of Tassili N'Ajjer

21jours & 22 nuits / 21 days & 22 nights

Caravane de l’Ahaggar

Au fil des oueds qui serpentent comme des veines entre les collines de l’Est de l’Ahaggar vous découvrez des campements de zéribas, des jardins sahariens, des gravures rupestres, des oiseaux, vieux volcans.

Ce voyage peut se faire à deux ou à plus que deux personnes

Caravan of Ahaggar

Over the wadis that wind like veins in the hills east of the Ahaggar you find camps of zéribas (huts), Saharan gardens, rupestral engravings, birds, old volcanoes.

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Las misteriosas pinturas rupestres del Parque Nacional Tassili N'ajjer.

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The Tassili national park n'Ajjer Algeria

حظيرة طاسيلي الوطنية اطناجر الجزائر

The Tassili n'Ajjer national park is a mountainous region of the Sahara Desert, and amongst its many unusual rock formations

حظيرة طاسيلي ناجر الوطنية هي منطقة جبلية في الصحراء الكبرى ، ومن بين العديد من التكوينات الصخرية غير العادية

Located in a strange lunar landscape of great geological interest, this site has one of the most important groupings of prehistoric cave art in the world. More than 15,000 drawings and engravings record the climatic changes, the animal migrations and the evolution of human life on the edge of the Sahara from 6000 BC to the first centuries of the present era. The geological formations are of outstanding scenic interest, with eroded sandstones forming ‘forests of rock

يقع هذا الموقع في منظر قمري غريب ذو أهمية جيولوجية كبيرة ، ويحتوي على واحدة من أهم مجموعات فن الكهوف ما قبل التاريخ في العالم. يسجل أكثر من 15000 رسم ونقوش التغيرات المناخية وهجرات الحيوانات وتطور الحياة البشرية على حافة الصحراء من 6000 قبل الميلاد إلى القرون الأولى من العصر الحالي. التكوينات الجيولوجية ذات أهمية خلابة رائعة, مع تآكل الأحجار الرملية التي تشكل غابات الصخور

Tassili n'Ajjer is a heavily eroded sandstone rock formation in the Algerian section of the Sahara Desert, located on vast plateau in south-east Algeria at the borders of Libya, Niger and Mali, covering an area of 72,000 sq. km.

طاسيلي ناجر هو تشكيل صخري من الحجر الرملي المتآكل بشدة في القسم الجزائري من الصحراء الكبرى ، ويقع على هضبة شاسعة في جنوب شرق الجزائر على حدود ليبيا والنيجر ومالي ، ويغطي مساحة قدرها 72000 متر مربع. كم.

The geological conformation of Tassili n'Ajjer includes Precambrian crystalline elements and sedimentary sandstone successions of great paleo-geographical and paleo-ecological interest, The range is composed largely of sandstone. Erosion in the area has resulted in approximately 300 natural rock arches being formed, along with many other spectacular landforms.

يشمل التشكل الجيولوجي لطاسيلي ناجر عناصر بلورية ما قبل الكمبري وتعاقب الحجر الرملي الرسوبي ذي الأهمية الجغرافية القديمة والبيئية القديمة, يتكون النطاق إلى حد كبير من الحجر الرملي. أدى التآكل في المنطقة إلى تشكيل ما يقرب من 300 قوس صخري طبيعي ، إلى جانب العديد من التضاريس المذهلة الأخرى.

#Blue8Knot #GeologyOfTheWorld

#Sahara #landscape #geological #national_park #Algeria #n'Ajjer

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Sand dunes in the Sahara desert, Tassili N'Ajjer National Park, Tadrart Rouge, Algeria by Eric Lafforgue Via Flickr: © Eric Lafforgue www.ericlafforgue.com

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Rock art from Tassili n'Ajjer in Algeria

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Impressive cave paintings in Tassili N'Ajjer in Algeria show strange spacecraft interacting with people and animals. We were never alone!

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