La vache qui pleure (rock engravings)

About 25 km from the oasis of Djanet in southeast Algeria, on the eastern border of erg Admer towards Tassili n'Ajjer in the Tigharghart region, stands a large sand monolith.

[1] The rock engravings of La vache qui pleure are a masterpiece of Neolithic sculpture.

Carried out in bas-relief, the engravings are of extraordinary workmanship and harmony, made of deep grooves carved into the rock.

[2] A bas-relief in the sarcophagus of queen Khouit, wife of Pharaoh Mentuhotep II of the 11th Dynasty, also shows a tear falling from a cow's eye while it is being milked.

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