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High in the rugged sandstone plateau of southeastern Algeria, a vast open-air gallery has preserved thousands of images from a time when the Sahara was green. In Tassili n’Ajjer, researchers have documented over 15,000 prehistoric carvings and paintings—depictions of extinct megafauna, human life, and what may be ancient shamanic or ritual practices.

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Archaeologists in Bulgaria unearthed a significant historical treasure hidden in the sewer system below an ancient city—but its discovery is not what’s making history.

High in the rugged sandstone plateau of southeastern Algeria, a vast open-air gallery has preserved thousands of images from a time when the Sahara was green. In Tassili n’Ajjer, researchers have documented over 15,000 prehistoric carvings and paintings—depictions of extinct megafauna, human life, and what may be ancient shamanic or ritual practices.