| Rock-Art Site of Tadrart Acacus* | |
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| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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| State Party |  Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | iii[1] |
| Reference | 287[1] |
| Region† | Arab States |
| Inscription history | |
| Inscription | 1985[1] (9th Session) |
| * Name as inscribed on World Heritage List. † Region as classified by UNESCO. |
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Tadrart Acacus (Arabic: تدرارت أكاكوس) is a desert area in western Libya and is part of the Sahara. A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site (such as a Forest, Mountain, Lake, Desert, Monument, Building, complex As of 2008 there are a total of 878 World Heritage Sites located in 145 "State Parties" Libya ( ليبيا ar-Latn Lībiyā; Libyan vernacular: Lībya; Amazigh:) officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site (such as a Forest, Mountain, Lake, Desert, Monument, Building, complex A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site (such as a Forest, Mountain, Lake, Desert, Monument, Building, complex Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language Libya ( ليبيا ar-Latn Lībiyā; Libyan vernacular: Lībya; Amazigh:) officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab It is situated close to the city Ghat and not far from the Algerian border. For the Indian mountains see Ghats. Ghat (غات is a city in the municipality of Ghat in remote south-western Libya Tadrart means 'mountain' in the native language of the area(Tamahaq language). Tamahaq is the only known Northern Tuareg language, spoken in Algeria, western Libya, and northern Niger. It has a particularly rich array of prehistoric rock art. Rock art is a term in Archaeology for any man-made markings made on natural stone
The Acacus has a large variation of landscapes, from differently coloured sanddunes to arches, gorges, rocks and mountains. Major landmarks are the arches of Afzejare and Tin Khlega. Although this area is one of the most arid of the Sahara, there is vegetation, such as the callotropis plant.
The area is known for its rock-art and was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985 because of the importance of these paintings and carvings. Petroglyphs are Images created by removing part of a rock surface by incising pecking carving and abrading United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established on November 16 A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site (such as a Forest, Mountain, Lake, Desert, Monument, Building, complex Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) The paintings date from 12,000 BC to 100 AD and reflect cultural and natural changes in the area. Culture (from the Latin cultura stemming from colere, meaning "to cultivate" generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic Nature, in the broadest sense is equivalent to the natural world, physical universe, material world or material universe. [1] There are paintings and carvings of animals such as giraffes, elephants, ostriches and camels, but also of men and horses. The giraffe ( Giraffa camelopardalis) is an African Even-toed ungulate Mammal, the tallest of all land-living Animal Species Elephants ( family: Elephantidae) are large land Mammals of the order Proboscidea. The Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) is a large Flightless bird native to Africa (and formerly the Middle East) Camels are Even-toed ungulates within the Genus Camelus. The Dromedary, one-humped or Arabian camel has a single hump and the The horse ( Equus caballus) is a hoofed ( Ungulate) Mammal, one of eight living species of the family Equidae. Men are depicted in various daily life situations, for example while making music and dancing. [2] [3]
References
- ^ a b c d UNESCO Fact Sheet
- ^ EWP. Jebel Acacus Map and Guide [map], 1st edition, 1:100,000, inset 1:400,000. Tourist and cave art information. . Cartography by EWP. (2006) ISBN 0906227-933.
- ^ Acacus Rock Art Photo Gallery
Further reading
- Minozzi S. , Manzi G. , Ricci F. , di Lernia S. , and Borgognini Tarli S. M. (2003) "Nonalimentary tooth use in prehistory: an Example from Early Holocene in Central Sahara (Uan Muhuggiag, Tadrart Acacus, Libya)" American Journal of Physical Anthropology 120: pp. 225-232;
- Mattingly, D. (2000) "Twelve thousand years of human adaptation in Fezzan (Libyan Sahara)" in G. Barker, Graeme and Gilbertson, D. D. (eds) The Archaeology of Drylands: Living at the Margin London, Routledge, pp. 160-79;
- Cremaschi, Mauro and Di Lernia, Savino (1999) "Holocene Climatic Changes and Cultural Dynamics in the Libyan Sahara" African Archaeological Review 16(4): pp. 211-238;
- Cremaschi, Mauro; Di Lernia, Savino; and Garcea, Elena A. A. (1998) "Some Insights on the Aterian in the Libyan Sahara: Chronology, Environment, and Archaeology" African Archaeological Review 15(4): pp. 261-286;
- Cremaschi, Mauro and Di Lernia, Savino (eds. ) (1998) Wadi Teshuinat: Palaeoenvironment and Prehistory in South-western Fezzan (Libyan Sahara) Florence, Insegna del Giglio;
- Wasylikowa, K. (1992) "Holocene flora of the Tadrart Acacus area, SW Libya, based on plant macrofossils from Uan Muhuggiag and Ti-n-Torha Two Caves archaeological sites" Origini 16: pp. 125-159;
- Mori, F. , (1960) Arte Preistorica del Sahara Libico Rome, De Luca;
- Mori, F. , (1965) Tadrart Acacus, Turin, Einaudi;
External links
- UNESCO Fact Sheet
- Italian-Libyan Archaeological Mission in the Acacus and Messak
- Natural Arches of the Akakus Plateau
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