4000-year-old Ancient Rock Art Reveals Surprising Insights Into Sahara's Green Past
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4000-year-old Ancient Rock Art Reveals Surprising Insights Into Sahara's Green Past

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Archaeologists have discovered some of the crucial answers to this world. Prehistoric rock art discovered on the walls of caves and sites in the Atabai desert raised many questions. The rock art discovered in the area tells a different tale than what is known. Archaeologists at Macquarie University mentioned the 16 rock art sites that were discovered in the deserts of northern Sudan. Researcher Dr Julian Cooper informed us in a statement, “The presence of cattle in ancient rock art is one of the most important pieces of evidence establishing a once ‘green Sahara’.” He also added that the Ataba Desert around Wadi Halfa became completely depopulated.

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Sahara Desert Used to be a Grassland 4,000 Years Ago Till a Megadrought Happened, Finds Study
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Sahara Desert Used to be a Grassland 4,000 Years Ago Till a Megadrought Happened, Finds Study

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The barren land of Sahara has not been deserted forever, as we see it today. According to the latest study conducted by a professor at the University of California, Irvine, the end of the ‘Green Sahara’, also known as the ‘African Humid Period’, was a result of a megadrought that destroyed parts of Southeast Asia for around 1,000 years. Professor …

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