"His workmanship is so meticulous and perfect, " said Peter Seman, a Chicago violin maker and president of the American Federation of Violin and Bow Makers.

WSJ: Master of Chicago Family's Violin-Making Tradition

TARA's founders, raves about a recent find in the Tassili n'Ajjer range: an anatomically perfect four-metre-long carving of a hippo hunted by an Egyptian-looking figure with a superbly sinuous bow.

ECONOMIST: African rock art