digital photograph(colour)
- Museum number
- 2013,2034.896
- Description
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Digital photograph (colour); view of painted rock art showing oblique view of three ploychrome figures facing right, and one facing left, all outlined in red. Round Head style. Uan Tamuat, Libya.
Born digital
- Production date
- 10 March 2008
- Dimensions
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File size: 239 megabytes
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Resolution: 300 dots per inch
- Curator's comments
- See 2013,2034.897 – 2013,2034.912 for details.
The massif of Tadrart Acacus, a vast mountainous region (more than 250 square km) which is today a desert, is situated in the Fezzan, to the east of the city of Ghat, bordering Algeria. The area is renowned for its diverse topography and landscape formations, from differently coloured sand dunes to arches, gorges, isolated rocks and deep ravines or wadis (dry river beds). Paintings and engravings of various styles are scattered throughout almost all the valleys. The landscape is particularly rich in rock art and was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1985 because of the significance of the rock paintings and engravings. Sporadically visited since the end of 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century, the region became the subject of systematic investigation by Fabrizio Mori, who also published the first scientific papers on its rock art (1961), including a monograph (1965). In the late 1930s Paolo Graziosi formulated some initial interpretative hypotheses. Since then, the research has expanded to include a systematic survey of the area and stratigraphic excavations of archaeological deposits.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2013
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- 2013,2034.896
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: LIBAKA0270014 (TARA number)
