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Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus
This rocky massif on the border of Tassiriy 'Ajjer in Algeria is also a World Heritage Site and contains thousands of cave paintings in a variety of styles dating from 12,000 BC to 100 AD. These paintings reflect the remarkable changes in flora and fauna, as well as the lifestyles of the different peoples who emerged in the Sahara.
Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco
From 100 BC to 1300 AD, the San Francisco Mountains (in the El Vizcaino Reserve in Baja California) were home to a group of people who have now vanished, but who left behind one of the world's most outstanding collections of rock art. The dry climate and inaccessibility of the area have allowed the paintings to be extremely well preserved. The paintings depict human figures and many animal species, and depict the relationship between humans and the environment, revealing a highly sophisticated culture. The composition and size of the paintings, the precision of the outlines and the diversity of the colors, and above all the number of rock art sites, are impressive testimony to a unique artistic tradition.