- Saharan rock art
Saharan rock art is a significant area of archaeological study focusing on the precious treasures carved or painted on the natural rocks found in the central
Sahara desert . There are over three thousand sites discovered that have information about Saharan rock art. From theTibesti massif to theAhaggar Mountains , the Sahara is an impressive open-air museum containing numerousarchaeological site s.Important regions include:
*Tibesti ,Chad
*Mesak Settafet ,Libya
*Tadrart Acacus ,Libya
*Tassili N'Ajjer ,Algeria
*South Oran,Algeria
*Djelfa,Algeria
*Ahaggar ,Algeria
*Draa River ,Morocco
*Rock art of Figuig ,Morocco
*Aïr Mountains ,Niger The cave
painting s found atTassili-n-Ajjer , north ofTamanrasset , Algeria, and at other locations depict vibrant and vivid scenes of everyday life in the centralNorth Africa between about 8000 B.C. and 4000 B.C. They were executed by a hunting people in theCapsian period of theNeolithic age who lived in a savanna region teeming with giant buffalo,elephant ,rhinoceros , andhippopotamus , animals that no longer exist in the now-desert area. The pictures provide the most complete record of a prehistoric African culture.See also
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Rock art Prehistoric Sahara
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Sahara pump theory
*Neolithic Subpluvial
*Prehistoric Central North Africa References
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