Algerian Desert

Previously, the Sahara was a marshy area where the flora and fauna was very rich. Today there are only lost fossils in the sand and rock paintings left by our ancestors in caves. The Great Western Erg home to many prehistoric sites. Engravings representing animals and flint found in the palm Taghit reveal the existence and importance of the Neolithic. A ten kilometers Ouargla is Sedrata site, the ancient capital Ibadite known for its glorious prosperity. Destroyed in the eleventh century, it was buried under the sand dunes. It is only through aerial reconnaissance that could be identified. Excavations have yielded some constructions that reveal their bodies and their wealth. It is a hundred miles from Tamanrasset as the tomb of Queen Tin Tuareg Hinan, buried in the third or fourth century AD. J.C was updated in 1925. Explorers have discovered the skeleton of the queen wearing a ceremonial dress and leather bracelets in silver and gold beautiful and surrounded by many coins. His body is now in the Museum of Ethnography Bardo in Algiers. But the South is mostly known for its rock carvings including Mount Garet El Djnoun where climbers have discovered the headwaters of the river Mertoutek cave drawings depicting scenes of domestic life and hunting. It differs from the wild and domesticated animals. These drawings date back at least 2700 years before our era, the Neolithic period. This is one of the finest frescoes of the Sahara.