Giraffe Carvings - Agadez - A Secret World, Niger 🇳🇪

In the heart of the Sahara lies the Tenere Desert.
On the far side of the Aïr mountains lie more than 800 petroglyphs, including an exceptional carving of two towering giraffes.
The Dabous Giraffes were first recorded by Christian Dupuy in 1987. Subsequent field trips brought more attention to the site, and more than 820 individual images have since been found engraved on rocks in the area. Around 700 of these petroglyphs represent animals, including buffalo, ostriches, antelope, lions, camels, and rhinoceros. About 60 petroglyphs represent humans, and 160 or so are open to interpretation.

Intriguingly, each giraffe also has an etched line leading down from its mouth to an engraved human figure below. Does this perhaps represent a symbolic relationship between giraffes and humans or, more practically, ancient attempts at domestication?

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