HERITAGE RECORD · 179

Tassili n'Ajjer

阿杰尔的塔西利

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

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’.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ190048 ↗

Area72000 ha

Administrative areaQ233659 · Q77101547

WikipediaTassili n'Ajjer ↗

Chinese Wikipedia阿杰尔高原 ↗

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Selection criteria

This property was inscribed under the following World Heritage Convention criteria.

(i)A masterpiece of human creative genius.

(iii)A unique or exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or civilisation.

(vii)Superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance.

(viii)An outstanding record of Earth’s history, geological processes or significant landforms.

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