The Tassili n' Ajjer [Algeria]: birthplace of ancient Egypt?
Journal3 - Oran, Algeria
He wrote a series of books, the best known of which is "The Search for the Tassili Frescoes. The Rock paintings of the Sahara." It is a popular account of the hardships he encountered in trying to discover and make drawings of
the rock paintings that were scattered on the rock faces in the various corners of the Tassili. Lhote himself built on the work of Lieutenant Brenans, who was one of the first to venture deep into the canyons of the Tassili
during a police operation in the 1930s. As the first European to enter that area, he noticed strange figures that were drawn on the cliffs. He saw elephants walking along with their trunks raised, rhinoceros with ugly looking
horns on their snouts, giraffes with necks stretched out as if they were eating at the tops of the bushes. Today, the area is a desolate desert. What these paintings depicted was an era long gone, when the Sahara was a fertile savannah, teeming with wildlife... and humans.
Fading Heritage: Frescoes of the famous painter fall in oblivion
ArmeniaNow.com - Yerevan, Armenia
The center was ruined during the earthquake and only the wall decorated with the painting has survived. Ordinary people have built some metal covering to protect the painting from rain and sun but the construction is not effective.
