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The Amazigh and the Queen of the Hoggar
The Amazigh of North Africa — the Garamantes of the desert, the Tifinagh script, the rock art of Tassili, and the tomb of Tin Hinan, remembered as the mother of the Tuareg.
Chapters
On-screen text
- 0:07 The Sahara, long ago
- 0:14 Tassili n'Ajjer, Green Sahara Historical record · Tassili n'Ajjer (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
- 0:46 The rock art shows dancers Historical record · Tassili n'Ajjer (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
- 1:17 Cattle were central to life Historical record · Tassili n'Ajjer (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
- 1:47 Green Sahara supported livestock Historical record · Tassili n'Ajjer (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
- 2:15 The rock art records herders Historical record · Tassili n'Ajjer (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
- 2:39 Dancers captured in stone Historical record · Tassili n'Ajjer (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
- 3:03 Feasting shown in rock art Historical record · Tassili n'Ajjer (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
- 3:24 Ceremonial procession recorded Historical record · Tassili n'Ajjer (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
- 3:49 River crossing in rock art Historical record · Tassili n'Ajjer (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
- 4:11 Sunrise motif recorded Historical record · Tassili n'Ajjer (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
- 4:33 Ritual dancers in art Historical record · Tassili n'Ajjer (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
- 4:56 Water source depicted Historical record · Tassili n'Ajjer (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
- 5:30 Sun over herd recorded Historical record · Tassili n'Ajjer (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
- 6:01 Spiraling dancers recorded Historical record · Tassili n'Ajjer (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
- 6:23 Bridge crossing in art Historical record · Tassili n'Ajjer (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
- 6:50 The Fezzan, c. 500 BC
- 6:57 The Fezzan, c. 500 BC
- 7:14 The Garamantes of the Fezzan Historical record · Herodotus, Histories 4.183; excavations at Germa
- 7:32 Tifinagh — an old African alphabet Historical record · Libyco-Berber inscriptions
- 7:41 The Hoggar mountains
- 7:48 The Hoggar mountains
- 8:05 Abalessa, Hoggar — the tomb of Tin Hinan Historical record · Tomb of Tin Hinan, Abalessa (excavated 1925)
- 8:23 The tradition: Tin Hinan, mother of the Tuareg Tradition / scripture · Tuareg oral tradition
- 8:32 Amazigh women
- 8:39 Amazigh women
- 8:56 The marks on the face Historical record · Ethnographic records of Amazigh tattoos (Bates 1914)
Sources
Historical record: Tassili n'Ajjer (UNESCO World Heritage Site) · Herodotus, Histories 4.183; excavations at Germa · Libyco-Berber inscriptions · Tomb of Tin Hinan, Abalessa (excavated 1925) · Ethnographic records of Amazigh tattoos (Bates 1914)
Tradition / scripture: Tuareg oral tradition
Sound: synthesized ambient (wind, drone, water) (CC0 — made by SoapBox). Made in 137 s of CPU.
Scenes Hathor has no parts for yet (7) — the next things to make
- The herd moves toward a waterhole; cattle lower heads, ripples spreading across the reflective surface under a bright sky.
- A modest campfire crackles; meat sizzles on a spit, smoke spirals upward, stars begin to pepper the darkening horizon.
- Herders pause on a ridge, scanning the horizon; a flock of wild birds wheels overhead, casting fleeting shadows.
- Camp members break bread, children reaching for pieces, laughter echoing as the fire crackles softly.
- Night sky deepens; a lone owl calls, while cattle settle, their breathing slow and steady.
- desert oasis town with mud-brick walls, chariots, workers digging underground water channels
- desert oasis town with mud-brick walls, chariots, workers digging underground water channels