Case file · Folklore / legend
Tomb of Queen Tin Hinan
Tuareg tradition says Tin Hinan, a queen who came from the north with her servant, was the mother of the noble Tuareg. In 1925 a skeleton covered in gold and silver jewellery was found in her tomb at Abalessa.
1925 CE · 22.89, 4.85 · status: legend
The account
The 1925 dig involved the self-styled count Byron Khun de Prorok and was redone by Maurice Reygasse. The tomb dates to around the 4th–5th century CE.
The sceptical view
Whether the woman in the tomb is the queen of legend can't be proven, and the first dig was badly done.