Jebel Uweinat — Ain Doua Crest Rock Art Gallery

Why it mattersKey Uweinat pastoralists (Garamantian ancestor?) rock-art with stratified sequence and regional typology.

Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.

Built

c. 6000 BCE cattle engravings; 2000 BCE giraffe

Period

Pastoral Neolithic (6000–1500 BCE)

Culture

Uweinat pastoralists (Garamantian ancestor?)

Purpose

600+ engraved panels on 1900 m massif — Africa's largest pastoral rock-art mountain with cattle/giraffe archive

Rediscovered

Modern excavation 1894

Excavation

Unexcavated

1. c. 200 CE major extension

   Major expansion / refurbishment at Jebel Uweinat — Ain Doua Crest Rock Art Gallery

2. c. 6000 BCE cattle engravings; 2000 BCE giraffe

   Initial construction / first occupation at Jebel Uweinat — Ain Doua Crest Rock Art Gallery

3. 1890 excavation

   Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Jebel Uweinat — Ain Doua Crest Rock Art Gallery

• Jebel Uweinat — Ain Doua Crest Rock Art Gallery — Principal Structure

  structure

  structure at Jebel Uweinat — Ain Doua Crest Rock Art Gallery — primary structure

  21.9191° N · 24.9811° E

• Jebel Uweinat — Ain Doua Crest Rock Art Gallery — Northern Complex

  complex

  complex at Jebel Uweinat — Ain Doua Crest Rock Art Gallery — hydraulic feature

  21.9218° N · 24.9794° E

• Jebel Uweinat — Ain Doua Crest Rock Art Gallery — Southern Rock Art

  rock art

  rock art at Jebel Uweinat — Ain Doua Crest Rock Art Gallery — subsidiary complex

  21.9198° N · 24.9800° E