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    The Acacus Mountains or Tadrart Akakus (Arabic: تدرارت أكاكوس / ALA-LC: Tadrārt Akākūs) form a mountain range in the desert of the Ghat District in western...
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  • Acacus can refer to: Acacus (Greek mythology), King of Arcadia, and the foster-father of the infant Hermes in Greek mythology Acacus (phasmid), a genus...
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  • is an archaeological site and rock shelter located in the Tadrart Acacus Mountains of southwestern Libya. During the Holocene, humans occupied the site...
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    Other groundwater systems were active at that time in the Acacus Mountains, Air Mountains, in the Fezzan and elsewhere in Libya and the Sahel. Raised...
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    art of the Djelfa region Marhouma Morocco Rock art of Figuig Libya Acacus Mountains Wadi Mathendous Mesak Settafet Uan Muhuggiag Egypt Abu Ballas Sudan...
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    known as Tibesti Massif or Tibesti Mountains located in central Sahara, extending from Niger and Libya. The mountains are volcanic and are approximately...
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    lighthouse in Benghazi on the front and the Rock formation in the Tadrart Acacus mountains on the back. This is the first note in Libya to utilize Crane's "Motion"...
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    Highlights included the superb pre-historic rock art sites of the Acacus Mountains (contiguous with the Tassili n’Ajjer in adjacent Algeria) and the nearby...
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    Pare Mountains, Tanzania Piton des Neiges – Piton de la Fournaise, Réunion Rwenzori, Uganda Semien, Ethiopia Swartberg, South Africa Tadrat Acacus, Libya...
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    conditions for dry-season camping of small groups. The wadis within the mountain range functioned as corridors between the rocky highlands and the sandy...
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    bird's-eye view of the city and the nearby palm plantations, as well as the Acacus Mountains, with their charming rock carvings, and golden sand dunes, whereas...
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    Gilf Kebir (category Mountain ranges of Egypt)
    earlier era of abundant animal life and human habitation. The Uweinat mountain range at the very south of the plateau extends from Egypt into Libya and...
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    art of the Djelfa region Marhouma Morocco Rock art of Figuig Libya Acacus Mountains Wadi Mathendous Mesak Settafet Uan Muhuggiag Egypt Abu Ballas Sudan...
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  • pasturage elsewhere. Aterian Ifri n'Amr or Moussa Kelif el Boroud Tadrart Acacus Sereno PC, Garcea EAA, Jousse H, Stojanowski CM, Saliège J-F, Maga A; et al...
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    located in the Wadi Sura at the south-western foot of the Gilf Kebir Mountains in the remote south-western corner of Egypt’s New Valley Governorate near...
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    Ennedi-Ouest and Ennedi-Est. It is considered a part of the group of mountains known as the Ennedi Massif found in Chad, which is one of the nine countries...
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    Tadrart Rouge (category Mountain ranges of Algeria)
    15–30 km large and 150 km long southern prolongation of the Libyan Tadrart Acacus into Algeria spanning to the frontier of Niger. Primarily composed of sandstone...
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  • on the bank of the Wadi Teshuinat, sitting on a plateau in the Tadrart Acacus at almost 3000 feet above sea level. The site is approximately 1500 miles...
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    significance for the peoples of Dhar Tichitt. In the Tadrart Acacus, the period of the Late Acacus hunter-gatherers was followed by an arid period in 8200...
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    Ghadamès". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011. "Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011. "Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti...
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    art of the Djelfa region Marhouma Morocco Rock art of Figuig Libya Acacus Mountains Wadi Mathendous Mesak Settafet Uan Muhuggiag Egypt Abu Ballas Sudan...
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  • paintings at Matobo National Park 12,000 BC – The rock paintings at the Acacus Mountains 13,000 BC – Engravings in the Cave of the Trois-Frères, most notably...
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    encompassing the Sahara region (e.g., Tenere, Niger/Chad; Aïr Mountains, Niger; Acacus Mountains, Libya/Algeria; Tagalagal, Niger; Temet, Niger) of Africa...
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    art of the Djelfa region Marhouma Morocco Rock art of Figuig Libya Acacus Mountains Wadi Mathendous Mesak Settafet Uan Muhuggiag Egypt Abu Ballas Sudan...
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    art of the Djelfa region Marhouma Morocco Rock art of Figuig Libya Acacus Mountains Wadi Mathendous Mesak Settafet Uan Muhuggiag Egypt Abu Ballas Sudan...
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    art of the Djelfa region Marhouma Morocco Rock art of Figuig Libya Acacus Mountains Wadi Mathendous Mesak Settafet Uan Muhuggiag Egypt Abu Ballas Sudan...
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    art of the Djelfa region Marhouma Morocco Rock art of Figuig Libya Acacus Mountains Wadi Mathendous Mesak Settafet Uan Muhuggiag Egypt Abu Ballas Sudan...
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  • Thumbnail for Agrour Amogjar
    art of the Djelfa region Marhouma Morocco Rock art of Figuig Libya Acacus Mountains Wadi Mathendous Mesak Settafet Uan Muhuggiag Egypt Abu Ballas Sudan...
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  • Tadjelahine sandstone plateau some 20 km west of Iherir in the Tassili n'Ajjer mountains in southeast Algeria. The two shelters, situated 8 km from each other...
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    art of the Djelfa region Marhouma Morocco Rock art of Figuig Libya Acacus Mountains Wadi Mathendous Mesak Settafet Uan Muhuggiag Egypt Abu Ballas Sudan...
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