Rock-art Sites of Tadrart Acacus

Tadrart Acacus is a desert area in western Libya and is part of the Sahara. The area was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site because of the importance of its rock paintings and carvings, as a testimony to a series of civilizations that have disappeared. It borders the Algerian World Heritage Site Tassili n'Ajjer .

The paintings date from 12,000 BC to 100 AD and reflect cultural and natural changes in the area. There are paintings and carvings of animals such as giraffes, elephants, ostriches and camels, but also of men and horses. Men are depicted in various daily life situations, for example while making music and dancing.

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I visited the Akakus mountains with the amazing, wonderful paintings and carvings in december 2007.
A beautiful surrounding landscape - although today a desert. Hard to imagine, that here various animals, even crocodiles, could live a few thousand years ago, as the paintings and carvings show.
Quite impressive, worth a journey to a beautiful place!

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