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5,000-year-old Rock Art of Boats and Cattle Unearthed in the Sahara Shows Grassland Came Before Desert
Geologists have known for years that from 5,000 years ago and beyond, much of what is today called the Sahara Desert was a lush grassland.
Some exceptional evidence of this recently surfaced in Sudan, where a paper published on a survey done in 2018 reveals the presence of rock art that depicts cattle herders and even boats.
Discovered in a region of the eastern Sahara called Atbai, there hasn't been rain enough to support cattle here for at least 5,000 years.
Another exciting discovery was rock carvings depicting 6 boats on a cave wall found 90 miles from the nearest branch of the Nile. Near the entrance to a naturally-formed tunnel in a large rock outcrop in the desert, the boats "are arranged in the manner of a 'fleet' or 'flotilla', all seemingly emanating from the tunnel interior," the authors write.
Yet not a single oil company from 5,000 years ago has come forward, who is to blame?
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Geologists have known for years that from 5,000 years ago and beyond, much of what is today called the Sahara Desert was a lush grassland.
Some exceptional evidence of this recently surfaced in Sudan, where a paper published on a survey done in 2018 reveals the presence of rock art that depicts cattle herders and even boats.
Discovered in a region of the eastern Sahara called Atbai, there hasn't been rain enough to support cattle here for at least 5,000 years.
Another exciting discovery was rock carvings depicting 6 boats on a cave wall found 90 miles from the nearest branch of the Nile. Near the entrance to a naturally-formed tunnel in a large rock outcrop in the desert, the boats "are arranged in the manner of a 'fleet' or 'flotilla', all seemingly emanating from the tunnel interior," the authors write.
Yet not a single oil company from 5,000 years ago has come forward, who is to blame?
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5,000-year-old Rock Art of Boats and Cattle Unearthed in the Sahara Shows Grassland Came Before Desert
Discovered in a region of the eastern Sahara called Atbai, there hasn't been rain enough to support cattle here for at least 5,000 years.
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