2004 - Touareg

Sahara - From the mountains of the Aïr in the Ténéré


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Rock-art

#1

The prehistoric rock shelter of Afis

2500 years ago, hunters, gatherers and cattle breeders lived in a once heavenly green savannah and painted the already magical and fascinating image of women on the rock wall.
Niger / Aïr / 2001

#2

Rock-art site of Tanakom

At the edge of the Aïr mountains, the petroglyphs converge at the mouth of the wadis (valleys), where the savannah life prevailed the longest after the onset of desertification. They testify to the fact that giraffes and lions cavorted here with the animals of Neolithic cattle herders.
Niger / Between Aïr and Ténéré / 1992

#3

Shelter of Hem

This engraving of a warrior or hunter was probably executed during the Metal Age (3000 BC), as evidenced by his spear. Height of the figure: 95 cm. The shelter of Hem itself is 4.50 meters high at its entrance and 20 meters deep. The engravings and paintings found there were executed from the entrance up to a depth of 10 meters.

#4

Rock site of Tagueït

Was the Neolithic woman interested in fashion? At least that is what this image, set in stone by man long ago, seems to show. Height of the figure: 1.10 meters from the top of the hair to the base of the feet.
Niger / Eastern Aïr / Tagueït Site / 1992

#5

The giraffes of Dabous

Remarkable couple of giraffes with great anatomical detail, attributable to the so-called “naturalist belle époque”. The giraffe on the left is 5.80 meters tall from its hind hoof to the head, and the one on the right is 3.02 meters tall from its nostril to the tip of its tail.
Niger / Aïr / 2000

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