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Tin-Hinan, Queen of the Tuareg
[0100] The legendary Queen Tin-Hinan's sepulchre was found inside the Abalessa monument in the `Ahaggar', mountain range. [Henri-Paul Eydoux, `The Buried Past', N.Y. 1967]
[0200] B&W images of `pointed and flat top Gebels, a chalk formation in the Western Desert' can be seen in KMT, Vol. 11, Fall 2000, p. 56-59.
[0300] The Lesser & Greater Gulf of Sidra (German: Kleine & Große Syrte) are regions were historical events unfolded. In the West's Lesser Gulf of Sidra erected, largely Greek immigrants, the city of Carthage and in the East, the Greater Gulf of Sidra, in the highlands of Barka, Cyrenaica by the Bay of Cyrene was located. An aerial image and a map of Carthage can be seen in BAR, Jan. 1984, p. 35.
[0400] In the region of Fessan were localities with names like Mursuk, Djerma (Wargadui), Galron, Tedjerri and Jümu. Just to the West of Bardai was Swar and Jao.
[0500] In 1823 Arabs and a mixed multitude of warriors caravaned from Tripoli south to Fessan, Mandara and Adamaua. From the latter region they continued on toward Dirkulla, the great city of the Fulbe people in order to rob and force their victims into slavery. The date was Wednesday, April 30, 1823. [Leo Frobenius & Friedrich J. Bieber, `Zur Herrlichkeit des Sudan', Suttgart, 1923. Book explains some of the background information of political conditions in the first half of the 19th century.]
[0600] In the area of the Dakhlah Oasis we find also places like: Gebel Gifata, Gebel Abu Tartur, Muftah, Balat, Ismant, Hindaw, Masara, Bashendi and Teneida. [JEA, Vol. 85, 1999, p. 199, Fig. 1.]
From another source we find these locations at Dakleh within some 60 kilometers: Deir el-Hagar, El Qasr, El Muzawwaka, Amhelda, El-Qalamun, Mut el-Kharab, Ismant el-Kharab (Kellis), Balat and Aim Birbiyeh.[Ancient Egypt, June 2007, p. 53.]
[0700] Spain, Hispania, had numerous locations whose ancient names are known. Inland, near Valencia, was Elche. Just north of Valencia was the rock of Ifach near Hemeroskopeion. Just south to the island of Ibiza was the smaller I. Formentera. On the coast nearby was Alicante, C. Santa Pola, I. Plana. Near Carthago was Massia and C. Trete. Near C. Pityussa was Almeria and Carmona was Bencarron. Gibralta was then known as Calpe.
[xxxx] Old locations on Sicily include Motya and Lillibaeum.
[xxxx] Old locations on Sardinia includes Capo San Marco, Tharros, Oristano, Monte Sirai, Sulcis, Su Cardulinu, Nora and Cagliari.
[xxxx] Other Roman period locations in Algeria include: A Roman fort at Mdila, 60 miles south of Tebessa; Trajan's garrison town of Timgad/Thamugadi and Djemila, ancient Cuicul, not shown. [`In Search of Lost Worlds']
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Crawl out of this tomb