October
30
/ 2018
Around 30 km (18.6 miles) south of the Algerian city of Tiaret stand the Jedars of Frenda (Djeddar of Frenda), thirteen tombs dating back to Late Antiquity. They’re funerary monuments, probably those of one or more princely families of the time. Three of these ancient structures (denominated A to C) stand on Jabal Lakhdar, with the other ten (D to M) situated on top of Jabal Arawi, two hills in the mountainous Frenda area. These rather lackluster alphabetical labels had to be given after earlier confusion and incorrect allocation. Scholars agree that the elevated positions, as well as the size of the structures themselves, indicate that they were constructed for royalty, and generally agree that they date between the fourth
