Photo Gallery

Fresco showing figures painted with brown ochre, which have a round head with two small antennae. It is not known why two of them are depicted lying down. The archer in the lower right corner holds a double-curved bow. Algeria - Tassili n'Ajjer - Tin Tazarift - 1993

557 - Tin-Tazarift (Tassili-n'Ajjer). - Detail of the fresco, the subject of the next photo (558), where in the center, slightly lower, a very small gazelle can be seen, whose head overlaps the reclining figure above it.

558 - Tin-Tazarift (Tassili-n'Ajjer). - Fresco depicting figures painted in brown ochre, with round heads and two small antennas. It is unclear why two of them are shown lying down. The archer, at the bottom right, holds a double-curved bow.

559 - Tin-Tazarift (Tassili-n'Ajjer). - The same enlarged archer holds an arrow in his left hand.

560 - Tin-Tazarift (Tassili-n'Ajjer). - Enlargement of the "swimmer" from photo 558.

561 - Tin-Tazarift (Tassili-n'Ajjer). - A large figure painted in dark ochre, overlaid by a white painted mouflon, followed by another coming from the left. The importance of this wild ruminant in the "round heads" animal park is surprising.

562 - Tin-Tazarift (Tassili-n'Ajjer). - The "sprinter": an excellent study made with a finely painted line that accurately depicts the running posture. Height of the figure: 0.22 m.

Tin Tazarift is located about two hours' walk northwest of Séfar in a labyrinth of sandstone streets and towers. The main shelter houses a group of large black round-headed figures with horned heads, as well as several other figures in very good condition. Algeria - Tassili n'Ajjer - 1993

563 - Tin-Tazarift (Tassili-n'Ajjer). - A figure painted in light brown ochre, seemingly seated. It belongs to the "round heads" period, wearing a loincloth and arm rings. The ovoid structure with a dark center, towards which the subject extends one arm, has no clear explanation. Height of the figure: 0.45 m.

564 - Tin-Tazarift (Tassili-n'Ajjer). - Panel containing, among other things, the figure from photo 561. In the center, a small haloed figure. To the right, partly hidden by a bovine painted in light ochre, a large figure. The discovery of four fish complements the find of fossil fish bones on the ground. To the left, two white mouflons. All painted in light or dark brown.

565 - Tin-Tazarift (Tassili-n'Ajjer). - Amazing painting of a "round head" figure showing a protuberance on the skull. Two curved appendages extend from each arm. In the left hand, the figure holds a long object with a sharp base, terminating in a small oblong mass at the top. In the right hand, it can be inferred that he holds a puzzle. A dagger is visible at the belt; in front of this "warrior", another figure, barely discernible, possibly from a different era. Below, two small paintings of negroid figures. Everything is painted in brown ochre. The large figure measures 0.86 m in height.

566 - Tin-Tazarift (Tassili-n'Ajjer). – Three gazelles whose lightness is well rendered. Bicolor painting. From the front hoof to the rear hoof: 0.22 m in length.

567 - Tin-Tazarift (Tassili-n'Ajjer). – Painted fresco depicting a figure with its hand resting on the hindquarters of a large bovine and wearing a clearly identifiable loincloth. At the bottom right, a recognizable sheep is visible. The figure is 0.20 m tall.

568 - Tin-Tazarift (Tassili-n'Ajjer). – In a shelter on the Tin-Aboteka trail, this seated woman watches a cow with lyre-shaped horns peacefully move away. Above, very difficult to read, older paintings can be seen. From the base of the tail to the nostrils, the cow is 0.33 m long.

569 - Tin-Tazarift (Tassili-n'Ajjer). – Pastoral fresco in dark red ochre. The bovines are depicted in motion, moving away to the right. Figures armed with bows accompany them. In the background, a calf is being forcefully driven. From the nostrils of the calf to the rear leg of the man: 0.10 m in length.

570 - Tin-Tazarift (Tassili-n'Ajjer). – Ochre fresco depicting preparations for a hunt or battle. In the middle left, an archer not only wears a quiver of arrows on his belt but also holds a handful of arrows in his left hand. The sense of movement in the scene is intense. The archers in the top right measure 0.11 m in height.

571 - Tin-Tazarift (Tassili-n'Ajjer). – Pastoral scene in white and ochre, from reddish-brown to light brown. Note the cap worn by both the man and the child following him, in the top right. It closely resembles the cap still worn by children during circumcision. The man is 0.24 m tall.

572 - Tin-Tazarift (Tassili-n'Ajjer). - Seven bovids, their coats ranging from white to red.

573 - Tin-Tazarift (Tassili-n'Ajjer). - Head of a bovine viewed in perspective. 0.07 m separate the ends of the two horns. This pictorial exercise is not the easiest.

574 - Tin-Tazarift (Tassili-n'Ajjer). - Bovid outlined in ochre. It is "unicorned" and wears a collar.

575 - Tin-Tazarift (Tassili-n'Ajjer). - Bovid painted in ochre but without revealing significant talent. From nose to hind leg: 0.18 m.

576 - Tin-Tazarift (Tassili-n'Ajjer). - Two hippopotamuses painted in ochre, measuring 1.16 m from the rear end of the left one to the nostril of the right one.

577 - Tin-Tazarift (Tassili-n'Ajjer). - Strange "naviform" structure. But aside from its unproven navigational ability, the archer on the right is not related to it... Only the one in the center might be a "sailor." At each end of the "structure" is an indefinable object.