Mesak Settafet is a region in Libya known for extensive prehistoric rock art. Libya ( ليبيا ar-Latn Lībiyā; Libyan vernacular: Lībya; Amazigh:) officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Stone Age Paleolithic See also Paleolithic, Recent African Origin, Early Homo sapiens, Early human migrations "Paleolithic" Rock art is a term in Archaeology for any man-made markings made on natural stone It is most famous for the sites Matkhendush, In Ghalgiwan, Tiksaten, and In Abategh, which host some of the most interesting rock art features in the Sahara. Wadi Mathendous is a prehistotric archeological site in south western Libya in Mesak Settafet, famous for its rock engravings of different kinds The Sahara (الصحراء الكبرى aṣ-ṣaḥrā´ al-kubra, "The Great Desert" is the world's largest hot Desert and the world's second largest