Season 5 Episode 1: Paintings in the Libyan Sahara

History of Africa - A podcast by The History of Africa Podcast - Mondays

Today we begin our journey into the history of the Garamantes, a civilization from the Libyan Sahara. This fascinating civilization transformed the barren wasteland of the Idehan Ubari into an impressive metropolis of late antiquity. Our current episode examines the prehistory of Libya through close inspection of rock art.