Map of the Tassili, boundaries and main regions, 57 x 78 cm (scale 1: 1,000,000) Disclaimer The Nomination files produced by the States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its ...

Tassili n´Ajjer National Park sprawls across nearly 50,000 square miles of the Sahara Desert. Westend61/Getty Images Editor’s note: Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly ...

The art of change. The rock art in Tassili n’Ajjer tracks the climatic shifts that were to follow. As the region’s weather patterns evolved, so did its human society.

T ASSILI N’AJJER NATIONAL PARK, Algeria —. Some 10,000 years ago, Stone Age hunter-gatherers used the majestic rock formations of what is today a remote corner of the Sahara as their canvas.

We know how it is. You’re stuck at your desk and the day seems to be going on forever. Your mind starts to wander — at first to “anywhere but here,” but then to exotic, faraway lands where ...

Algeria's Tassili N'Ajjer plateau is Africa's largest national park. Among its vast sandstone formations is perhaps the world's largest art museum. Over 15,000 etchings and paintings are exhibited ...

Some 10,000 years ago, when glaciers chilled northern Europe, the Sahara desert was a fertile, well-watered land. Among the most favored parts of it must have been the Tassili-N-Ajjer, a plateau ...

Tassili n´Ajjer National Park sprawls across nearly 50,000 square miles of the Sahara Desert. Westend61/Getty Images Editor’s note: Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly ...