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Tassili n'Ajjer

Algeria
Date of Inscription: 1982
Criteria: (i)(iii)(vii)(viii)
Property : 7200000 ha
Wilayas (provinces) of Illizi and Tamanghasset
N25 30 0 E9 0 0
Ref: 179

Brief Description

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’.

Notes

  • Property inscribed for both geological and ecological values under natural criterion N (ii) before 1994. Criterion N (i) [Operational Guidelines 2002] was added. For more details see Decision 30.COM 8D.1.

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