This Troglodytes or cave dwellers of extreme southern Tunisia. The interior of the Sheik's cave at Matmata showing his bed, jars for olive oil, the couscous covers and his lamp and gun.
was a lot like what it was like inside these
Bird's-eye view of Medenine photographed from minaret of mosque showing the odd cave-like dwellings of the inhabitants which serve two purposes; first as homes; secondly as safe deposit vaults for their goods and chattels during the months that these semi-nomadic people roam in the Arab country between here and the MediterraneanF. Soler, photographer