Details of engraved predator with two large eyes, spotted body and claws standing, facing left, arms outstretched with small animal (cow?) by its face. Probably early hunter period.

Close up of ‘Fighting cats’  engravings

Tuareg guide standing beside so-called panel of “fighting cats”

Details of polished elephant and human engravings (from 54) the man is apparently ready to throw a throwing stick (boomerang). Early hunter period.

Oblique view of rock art site –  at the foreground (right) is an engraving of an elephant facing left. Next to the elephant is a tiny human figure

Ugly concrete & iron fence marking perimeter of main Wadi Mathendous rock art site

A view of the main Wadi Mathendous rock art site

View looking up the wadi at the main Mathendous rock art site

Ugly storage containers next to tourist car park at the Wadi Mathendous site

Recently erected tourism sign marking the Wadi Mathendous rock art site.

Hidden valley (the Wadi) that descends south through rocky plains and empties into Merkur basin.

“Lithic Plains” in the Messak Sattafet now Mathendous. Plains are covered in early stone age hand axes and middle stone age tools.

Engravings of 3 polished and pecked giraffes and cow facing right.

Engraved panel of giraffes facing right

Polished engravings of 2 antelopes, facing each other.

Engraving of elephant facing left, confronted by a mythical, human-like figure, and a small animal at the bottom, facing right.

Side view of large crocodile with deep polished lines, facing right. Small crocodile (without tail) below tail of large crocodile. Note large crack through rock its tail cow-like animal below crocodile facing right.

Head-on view of large crocodile engraving with deep polished lines, facing right. Small crocodile (without tail) below its tail cow-like animal below crocodile facing right.