🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient city
Germa (Garama) - Garamantian Capital
Iron Age Saharan to Islamic (900 BCE–600 CE) · Garamantian (Saharan Berber)
6-ha foggara-irrigated Garamantian capital with 500 qanat and 250 tombs in Fezzan heartland.
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🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient city
Iron Age Saharan to Islamic (900 BCE–600 CE) · Garamantian (Saharan Berber)
6-ha foggara-irrigated Garamantian capital with 500 qanat and 250 tombs in Fezzan heartland.
🇱🇾 Libya · Rock art
Pleistocene to Islamic (Middle Stone Age to Camel Period) · Bubalus hunter-gatherers / Pastoralists / Garamantes / Tuareg
350-km sandstone cuesta Messak Settafet — 15,000 engravings and lithic quarries spanning 12 ka.
🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient city
Iron Age Saharan (900 BCE–200 CE) · Proto-Garamantian / Garamantian
80-m black-capped mesa hillfort 900–400 BCE pre-Garamantian stone rampart enclosing 2-ha citadel.