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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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    array of rock art. The Tadrart Rouge is a roughly 15–30 km large and 150 km long southern prolongation of the Libyan Tadrart Acacus into Algeria spanning...
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  • Tadrart means "mountain" (feminine form) in Berber, and may refer to: Tadrart, a village in the Souss-Massa-Drâa region of Morocco Tadrart Acacus, a mountain...
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  • Diapheromeridae Tadrart Acacus, a region and mountain range in southwestern Libya This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Acacus. If an...
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    BCE. Domesticated cattle were brought to the Central Sahara (e.g., Tadrart Acacus), and given the opportunity for becoming socially distinguished, to...
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    sites containing early art include Tassili n'Ajjer in southern Algeria, Tadrart Acacus in Libya (A Unesco World Heritage site), and the Tibesti Mountains in...
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    located in the region (e.g., some in the Acacus, some in the Tadrart) of Libya, in the region (e.g., some in the Tadrart, most abundant in Tassili n'Ajjer)...
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    Rather than the domesticating of cattle happening in the region of the Tadrart Acacus, it is considered more likely that domesticated cattle were introduced...
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  • Takarkori is an archaeological site and rock shelter located in the Tadrart Acacus Mountains of southwestern Libya. During the Holocene, humans occupied...
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    Italian 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...
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    Retrieved 25 June 2011. 20th session 1996, p. 29 "Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 July 2016. "Saint Hilarion Monastery/ Tell Umm...
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    Round Head rock art was created at Tassili N'Ajjer, in Algeria, and at Tadrart Acacus, in Libya, 70% of which is composed of anthropomorphic art forms; male...
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  • Leptis Magna Sabratha Cyrene Tadrart Acacus Ghadames The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites...
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    depicted the elephant in Paleolithic age rock art. For example, the Libyan Tadrart Acacus, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, features a rock carving of an elephant...
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    "Robben Island". UNESCO. Retrieved 28 May 2010. "Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus". UNESCO. Retrieved 28 May 2010. "Libya's five World Heritage sites...
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    Sahara desert Sand dunes in Tadrart Acacus, a desert area in western Libya Ecology Realm Palearctic Biome Deserts and xeric shrublands Geography Area 4...
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    Ubari and 120 km north of the city of Ghat. Al Awaynat is the gate of Tadrart Acacus and its residents from Toureg tribe. It is located some 240 km (149 mi)...
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    carved or painted on the natural rocks of the central Sahara desert. Tadrart Acacus (Libya) – rock art with engravings of humans and flora and fauna, which...
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    and scratching. Outlines of animals are found in blackened sandstone. Tadrart Acacus, Libya: Near the sand dune of Murzuk, bordering Tassili n'Ajjer, exists...
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  • appearance of processed milk lipids on ceramics which were found at the Tadrart Acacus archaeological site in Libya (radiocarbon-dated to c. 7,500 BP, close...
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    Erg Admer sand dunes. The Tadrart Rouge is located to the southeast and is a southern prolongation of the Libyan Tadrart Acacus. Due to the somewhat cooler...
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    site being damaged. Rock art under world heritage protection at the Tadrart Acacus in Libya have occasionally been intentionally destroyed. Chalcraft links...
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    depicted the elephant in Paleolithic age rock art. For example, the Libyan Tadrart Acacus, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, features a rock carving of an elephant...
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    Rock paintings at Wadi Mathendous and the mountainous region of Jebel Acacus are the best sources of information about prehistoric Libya, and the pastoralist...
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    original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2011. "Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus". UNESCO. Archived from the original on 1 August 2022. Retrieved 17...
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    existence of prehistoric rock paintings and engravings in the neighboring Tadrart Acacus and Tassili N'Ajjer mountains, in addition to the beauty of the surrounding...
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    situated in Tanum, Sweden. South Oran in Algeria. Saharan rock art Tadrart Acacus in Libya – World Heritage Site. Tassili n'Ajjer in Algeria – national...
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    region of southeastern Algeria. Other rock art has been discovered at Tadrart Acacus in the Libyan desert. A Neolithic society, marked by domestication and...
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  • located 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...
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    peoples, rockshelters (e.g., Fozzigiaren, Imenennaden, Takarkori) in the Tadrart Acacus region may have served as monumental areas for women and children, as...
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