The mythology of the petroglyphs of the Tadrart Acacus

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Desert is one of the largest rock art areas and is more complex than rock art in South Africa, Australian or European. The largest spread of this art was in the central highlands of the Sahara Desert, where climate and environment were characterized during the period of the highest Pleistocene and Holocene. . This art spreads in the desert almost in a wide belt stretching from east to west for thousands of kilometers between latitudes between 18 and 28. The inscription of a prehistoric man has found rock walls suitable for engraving. Most of the inscriptions and drawings were found in the rock shelters scattered in these highlands. Through recent studies that show that they are not the product of the creations of a single people and that this art extends its roots to more than 13 thousand years at a minimum and continues until the historical period. Scientists have now documented more than 20,000 paintings painted or carved on the slopes or within the caves of the central highlands of the desert. These drawings and inscriptions show the lives and beliefs of these peoples.

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