Jun 21, 2013
On a sacred plateau in the Russian Altai mountains, a World Heritage tomb is tied to local people’s ability to face today’s climate and development challenges.
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On a sacred plateau in the Russian Altai mountains, a World Heritage tomb is tied to local people’s ability to face today’s climate and development challenges.
Hands gleaming darkly with the indigo dye that colors her robe, a woman of the Tuareg—wandering Berbers of the Sahara—clasps her traditions close. The incised brass key marks her as guardian of the family's saddlebags.
—From "Algeria: Learning to Live With Independence," August 1973, National Geographic magazine
Berbers, High Atlas Mountains, Morocco, 2002. Photo credit: Jeroen Toirkens