Algeria hosts a rich concentration of rock art; one of the most renowned areas is the Tassili n’Ajjer, a mountainous plateau covers a vast area of desert landscape in southern Algeria covering an area of 72,000 km².These skilfully engraved rock art images depict long-horned cattle with their heads bowed. Dating between 7,000-8,000 years ago, today these images stand alone in a vast wilderness of sand and rock. However, this environment was once wetter and more fertile, and this site may have bee