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February 19, 2005
Wadi al-Hayat
Ancient rock carvings in Wadi al-Hayat, the "Valley of Life", in what is now Libya are reportedly under threat due to oil exploration. Aside from the fact of the carvings themselves the mind boggles at the scale of the ebb and flow of the Sahara before, during and after the last Ice Age. I would love to travel to see these but do not know what to think of tourism in Libya.
Halfway up the slope, picking his way through a giant's playpen of boulders, Hassan Ahmed Breki stops, unwraps his long, white headscarf, and runs a finger along lines carved into a rock surface. Here, out in the open for all to see, is one of Libya's national treasures: rock engravings, some possibly dating back 9,000 years or more, created by a mysterious, prehistoric culture.
Posted by Ghost of a flea at February 19, 2005 10:03 AM
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