Divine Offering - In the Valley of the Kings, detail of the tomb of Pharaoh Horemheb, the last pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty, greeted by Hathor, goddess of love incarnate, joy, music and dance. She is wearing her beautiful black and blue wig topped with cow horns enshrining the sun disc. - 1983

The legends are only available in German or Spanish
«Tierradentro» (Land, das drinnen liegt) gehört zum heutigen Siedlungsgebiet der Paez-lndianer. Man vermutet Zusammenhänge zwischen den Kulturen von San Agustín und Tierradentro, jedenfalls finden sich an beiden Orten ähnliche Wächterfiguren. Einen besonderen Platz unter den vorkolumbischen Kulturen nimmt Tierradentro jedoch wegen seiner Grabkammern ein: in Kreidesandstein gehauene, bis zu 70 Quadratmeter große Kavernen, die vollständig mit geometrischen Ornamenten ausgemalt sind. Das vorherrschende Rot erinnert daran, dass auch in Mexiko die Farbe der Toten Rot ist. - 1976

"Las Ventanillas de Otuzco" is an archaeological site in the district of Baños del Inca, 8 km northwest of the city of Cajamarca. The individual windows are tombs from the pre-Inca period. - 1976

A wooden grave plaque at the cemetery of Sechura in the department of Piura, northern Peru. - 1969

Monolithic statues from the "archaeological park" of San Agustín (Huila department, Colombia). The heyday of this culture is assumed to be around the birth of Christ: when the Spaniards arrived, it had long since ceased to exist. - 1977

Monolithic statues from the "archaeological park" of San Agustín (Huila department, Colombia). The heyday of this culture is assumed t to be around the birth of Christ: when the Spaniards arrived, it had long since ceased to exist. - Tumulus B - height of the figure 1.85 m. - 1977

Monolithic statues from the "archaeological park" of San Agustín (Huila department, Colombia). The heyday of this culture is assumed to be around the birth of Christ: when the Spaniards arrived, it had long since ceased to exist. - Tumulus 8 - The figure is 60 cm high, holding two fish in her hands. - 1977

Monolithic statues from the "archaeological park" of San Agustín (Huila department, Colombia). The heyday of this culture is assumed to be around the birth of Christ. - "El tablón" - coffin lid. - 1977

Monolithic statues from the "archaeological park" of San Agustín (Huila department, Colombia). The heyday of this culture is assumed to be around the birth of Christ. - Statue with a vessel in his hands. - 1977

Monolithic statues from the "archaeological park" of San Agustín (Huila department, Colombia). The heyday of this culture is assumed to be around the birth of Christ. - Tumulus B - The crocodile measures 2.40 m x 0.96 m - 1977

"Tierradentro" (land that lies inside) belongs to the present settlement area of the Páez Indians. It is assumed that there is a connection between the cultures of San Agustín and Tierradentro, but in any case similar guardian figures can be found in both places. Tierradentro occupies a special place among the pre-Columbian cultures, however, because of its burial chambers: caverns of up to 70 square metres, hewn in chalk sandstone and completely painted with geometric ornaments. The predominant red colour reminds us that the colour of the dead is red in Mexico too. - Detail of burial chamber 10. - 1977

"Tierradentro" (land that lies inside) belongs to the present settlement area of the Páez Indians. It is assumed that there is a connection between the cultures of San Agustín and Tierradentro, but in any case similar guardian figures can be found in both places. Tierradentro occupies a special place among the pre-Columbian cultures, however, because of its burial chambers: caverns of up to 70 square metres, hewn in chalk sandstone and completely painted with geometric ornaments. The predominant red colour reminds us that the colour of the dead is red in Mexico too. - Detail of burial chamber 1. - 1977

"Las Ventanillas de Otuzco" is an archaeological site in the district of Baños del Inca, 8 km northwest of the city of Cajamarca. The individual windows are tombs from the pre-Inca period. - 1976

A small herd of dromedaries on their way to a grazing area in Tassili N'Ajjer. - Algeria - 1966

Grave of the chief of a Tuareg tribe from the region at Camp Idriss near Iherir. - Algeria - 1969

Pre-Islamic tomb, facing east, in the surroundings of Idriss-Gardel. The tomb consists of a low stone mound in the centre, surrounded by two concentric circles with an entrance running through them. The Central Sahara is rich in such funerary monuments, which are most often found on the slopes of stony hills. - Algeria - 1966

Pre-Islamic tomb, facing east, in the surroundings of Djanet. The tomb consists of a low stone mound in the centre, surrounded by two concentric circles with an entrance running through them. The Central Sahara is rich in such funerary monuments, which are most often found on the slopes of stony hills. - Algeria - 1966

Pre-Islamic tomb, facing east, in the surroundings of Djanet. The Central Sahara is rich in such funerary monuments, which are most often found on the slopes of stony hills. - Algeria - 1964

Stone tombs on a slope near In-Affelalea, in the south of the Tassili. - Algeria - 1975

In Abada, between Zouar and Faya in Chad, there is a curious, very ancient necropolis where the gender of the buried dead is expressed by the shape of the flat stone stelae, about 1.30 metres high. Those intended for men are rounded at the top, while those for women have a slight cleft in the centre of the crown. The survival of this custom is attested in several countries, but here it is very old, certainly pre-Islamic ... This emphasis on sexual dimorphism is undoubtedly related to magic, for it is now very rarely found among developed peoples. - Zouar - Tibesti - Chad - 1967

Pre-Islamic tomb in the north of Enneri Blaka. Note the Landrover of the 1975 expedition.

A burial tumulus near Tan-Ekli. Algeria - Tadrart - 1993

Several burial tumulus can be found in the Tan-Ekli region. Algeria - Tadrart - 1993

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