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Akakus Mountains Collection

Background imageAkakus Mountains Collection: Rock formation in Sahara desert

Rock formation in Sahara desert
The Tadrart Acacus is a mountain range in western Libya and in the heart of Sahara Desert, near the border with Algeria. Weirdly shaped rock formations carved in the sandstone by the wind and erosion

Background imageAkakus Mountains Collection: An Elephant carved into the rock

An Elephant carved into the rock
Rock carving of an Elephant in the archaeological site called In Galghien, by the dry river Mathendush in western Libya. The region is the Fezzan and the mountain range is Tadrart Acacus

Background imageAkakus Mountains Collection: Majestic view of the Acacus in Sahara desert

Majestic view of the Acacus in Sahara desert
The majestic beauty of the rocks of Tadrart Acacus in western Libya, near the border with Algeria, in the heart of Sahara Desert

Background imageAkakus Mountains Collection: Tine Lopo Rock Arch in the Sahara Desert

Tine Lopo Rock Arch in the Sahara Desert
Rock Arch in the Sahara Desert. Its name is Tine Lopo and its in the Tadrart Acacus region in western Libya, near the city of Ghat and close to the border with Algeria

Background imageAkakus Mountains Collection: Tin Khlega Arch

Tin Khlega Arch
Sandstone Arch in the Sahara Desert. Called Tin Khlega or Tin Ghalaga, or Tin Khaleqa and Tin Halega. Carved by erosion in the sandstone of the Tadrart Acacus Plateau in western Libya

Background imageAkakus Mountains Collection: Rock Art in the Sahara

Rock Art in the Sahara
The Acacus mountains are an open-air museum with its well-preserved archaeological sites and thousands of rock inscriptions, rock carvings and petroglyphs

Background imageAkakus Mountains Collection: Three Animals, Rock painting in the Sahara

Three Animals, Rock painting in the Sahara
The Acacus mountains are an open-air museum with its well-preserved archaeological sites and thousands of rock inscriptions, rock carvings and petroglyphs

Background imageAkakus Mountains Collection: Rock paintings in the Sahara

Rock paintings in the Sahara
The Acacus mountains are an open-air museum with its well-preserved archaeological sites and thousands of rock inscriptions, rock carvings and petroglyphs.The paintings date from 12000 B.C

Background imageAkakus Mountains Collection: Rock Arch in Libya

Rock Arch in Libya
Rock Arch carved by erosion in the sandstone of the Tadrart Acacus mountain range in western Libya, near the border with Algeria

Background imageAkakus Mountains Collection: Wild Watermelons in the Desert

Wild Watermelons in the Desert
Wild watermelons called Tsamma melons can store large amounts of water. They grow in the desert in Africa and Australia. Although they are not sweet they are an important resource for the indigenous

Background imageAkakus Mountains Collection: Rock Formation in the Sahara

Rock Formation in the Sahara
Rock formation resembling an umbrella in the Sahara desert. Carved by erosion in the sandstone of the Tadrart Acacus, a mountain range in the Fezzan region of Libya

Background imageAkakus Mountains Collection: Rock formation in the Fezzan

Rock formation in the Fezzan
Fezzan is a Libyan region in the Sahara desert, near the border with Algeria and the city of Ghat. Its crossed by the mountain range called Tadrart Acacus

Background imageAkakus Mountains Collection: Small Rock ARch

Small Rock ARch
Small rock arch carved by erosion in the sandstone of the Sahara desert in the mountain range of Tadrart Acacus, western Libya

Background imageAkakus Mountains Collection: Rocky Outcrops in the Sahara

Rocky Outcrops in the Sahara
Rocky outcrops in the Sahara desert in western Libya. The region is Fezzan and the mountain range is Tadrart Acacus, near the border with Algeria and the city of Ghat

Background imageAkakus Mountains Collection: Giraffe Rock Carving

Giraffe Rock Carving
Rock carving of a giraffe in the archaeological site called In Galghien, by the dry river Mathendush in western Libya. The region is the Fezzan and the mountain range is Tadrart Acacus

Background imageAkakus Mountains Collection: Sand and Rock formations in the Sahara

Sand and Rock formations in the Sahara
Ripples in the sand and dark rock formations in the Sahara desert, in the mountain range of Tadrart Acacus

Background imageAkakus Mountains Collection: White Diatomite Field in the Sahara

White Diatomite Field in the Sahara
White formations of Diatomite emerging from the sand in the Sahara desert in western Libya.Diatomite is a sedimentary rock composed of siliceous shells of diatoms

Background imageAkakus Mountains Collection: Rock formations in the sand of the Sahara

Rock formations in the sand of the Sahara
Rock formations emerging from the sand in the Sahara desert in western Libya

Background imageAkakus Mountains Collection: Giraffes carved in the sandstone

Giraffes carved in the sandstone
The Sahara desert is considered an open-air museum because of the thousands of rock carving, rock paintings and petroglyphs perfectly preserved throughout the centuries thanks to the dry climate of


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