HERITAGE RECORD · 287

Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus

塔德拉尔特•阿卡库斯石窟

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

On the borders of Tassili N'Ajjer in Algeria, also a World Heritage site, this rocky massif has thousands of cave paintings in very different styles, dating from 12,000 B.C. to A.D. 100. They reflect marked changes in the fauna and flora, and also the different ways of life of the populations that succeeded one another in this region of the Sahara.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ308807 ↗

Area3923961 ha

Administrative areaQ48236

WikipediaAcacus Mountains ↗

Chinese Wikipedia塔德拉尔特阿卡库斯 ↗

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Selection criteria

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

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

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