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New page: right|thumb|250px|The natural rock formations of Tassili n'Ajjer Tassili n'Ajjer (Berber: "plateau of chasms") is a mountain range in the Sahara d...
[[Image:Tassili n'Ajjer.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The natural rock formations of Tassili n'Ajjer]]
[[Tassili n'Ajjer]] ([[Berber]]: "plateau of chasms") is a mountain range in the [[Sahara]] desert in southeast [[Algeria]]. The majority of the range is protected in a [[National park]], [[Biosphere Reserve]] and [[World Heritage Site]], named the '''Tassili n'Ajjer National Park'''. The area also has one of the most important groupings of [[prehistoric]] cave art in the world, comprising over 15,000 drawings and engravings which record the climatic changes, animal migrations and the progress of human life on the edge of the Sahara from 6000 B.C. to the first centuries of the Christian era. The geological formations, with with eroded [[sandstone]] forming "forests of rock" are of outstanding scenic interest.<ref>''Protected Areas and World Heritage'' World Conservation Monitoring Centre [http://www.unep-wcmc.org/sites/wh/tassili.html United Nations Environment Programme]. Accessed 13 January 2008.</ref> Although continuously settled for 8000 years, the population, made up of the nomadic '''Kel Ajjer Twareg''', is sparse, currently (2008) being at most 1,000.
Considered to represent "a masterpiece of human creative genius", and to be "an outstanding example of a... landscape which illustrates significant stages in human history", [[UNESCO]] listed the site in 1982.<ref>''The Criteria For Selection'' [http://whc.unesco.org/en/criteria/ UNESCO]. Accessed 13 January 2008.</ref>
==External links==
*[http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/179 UNESCO] Site entry. Accessed 13 January 2008
*[http://www.philipcoppens.com/tassili.html Philip Coppens] ''The Tassili n’Ajjer: birthplace of ancient Egypt?'' Accessed 13 January 2008.
==References==
<small>{{reflist|1}}</small>
[[Category:World Heritage Sites]]
[[Tassili n'Ajjer]] ([[Berber]]: "plateau of chasms") is a mountain range in the [[Sahara]] desert in southeast [[Algeria]]. The majority of the range is protected in a [[National park]], [[Biosphere Reserve]] and [[World Heritage Site]], named the '''Tassili n'Ajjer National Park'''. The area also has one of the most important groupings of [[prehistoric]] cave art in the world, comprising over 15,000 drawings and engravings which record the climatic changes, animal migrations and the progress of human life on the edge of the Sahara from 6000 B.C. to the first centuries of the Christian era. The geological formations, with with eroded [[sandstone]] forming "forests of rock" are of outstanding scenic interest.<ref>''Protected Areas and World Heritage'' World Conservation Monitoring Centre [http://www.unep-wcmc.org/sites/wh/tassili.html United Nations Environment Programme]. Accessed 13 January 2008.</ref> Although continuously settled for 8000 years, the population, made up of the nomadic '''Kel Ajjer Twareg''', is sparse, currently (2008) being at most 1,000.
Considered to represent "a masterpiece of human creative genius", and to be "an outstanding example of a... landscape which illustrates significant stages in human history", [[UNESCO]] listed the site in 1982.<ref>''The Criteria For Selection'' [http://whc.unesco.org/en/criteria/ UNESCO]. Accessed 13 January 2008.</ref>
==External links==
*[http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/179 UNESCO] Site entry. Accessed 13 January 2008
*[http://www.philipcoppens.com/tassili.html Philip Coppens] ''The Tassili n’Ajjer: birthplace of ancient Egypt?'' Accessed 13 January 2008.
==References==
<small>{{reflist|1}}</small>
[[Category:World Heritage Sites]]