18/11/2016
TIN HINAN THE TUAREG QUEEN
TIN HINAN is the name given by the Tuareg to a 4th-century queen and warrior woman of prestige whose monumental tomb is located in the Sahara in the Hoggar region of Algeria. The name means literally “Mother of Us All”. The Tuareg, the nomadic Saharan Amazigh people who live in southern Algeria and Libya, Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso and some neighboring countries, consider this the tomb of their legendary Queen Tin Hinan, who is considered the ancestress of the Tuareg people and the ruler of the Hoggar region. In Tuareg tradition, the monumental tomb is that of Tin Hinan, or T'in Hinan, ancestress and Queen of the Tuareg people. Tin Hinan literally means "she of the tents," or "she of the camp," and she is also known as Tamenukalt, or "Queen."
The tomb of Tin Hinan was opened by Byron Khun de Prorok with support from the French army in 1925, and archaeologists made a more thorough investigation in 1933.
