#tassili

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Région du Tassili 🇩🇿

Ph: Oussama Hamdi

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Ahaggar National park, Algeria 🇩🇿 .

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

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Ce n'est pas la planète Mars. C'est l'Algérie, le déser du TASSILI NADJER.

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هذا ليس كوكب المريخ إنها الجزائر , في صحراء الطاسيلي ناجر

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"THE GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS ARE OF OUTSTANDING SCENIC INTEREST..."

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on Gueltade Tikoubaouine, Tassili n’Ajjer, Algeria, North Africa, a UNESCO World Heritage site. 📸: “Extraanis,” c. 2015 (via Wikimedia).

MINI-OVERVIEW: “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.”

– UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE CONVENTION

Source: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Canyon_de_Tikoubaouine.JPG (3x).

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Cornrows are historically a beautiful result of sisterhood and shows how we have always been connected by are femininity!

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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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Tassili du Hoggar, Algeria.

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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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Jewels of North Africa: Exploring the 5 Best Places to Visit in Algeria

Nestled in North Africa, Algeria is a country with a rich tapestry of history, culture, and breathtaking landscapes waiting to be explored. From ancient Roman ruins to the vast Sahara Desert, Algeria offers a diverse range of experiences for the intrepid traveler. In this blog post, we’ll uncover the five best places to visit in Algeria, each showcasing the country’s unique allure. Algiers – The…

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Tassili du Hoggar, Algeria, Jean-Luc Manaud, 1994

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'tassili du hoggar (algerian sahara)' 1985 in manfred thierry mugler: photographer (2019)

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Arzak - Tome 1 : Destination Tassili

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9000-year-old cave painting in Tassili cave, Algeria. Depicting a shaman during psychedelic mushroom use.

- Creepy.org

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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."