Tag: Tin Hinan

Tin Hinan was a 4th-century Tuareg queen. Her monumental tomb is located in the Sahara, at Abalessa in the Hoggar region of Algeria. Tin Hinan is sometimes referred to as “Queen of the Hoggar”. The name literally means “woman of the tents”, but may be metaphorically translated as “mother of us all”. According to the stories…