GARAMANTES:
The Lost Kings of the Sahara
by
PACO GONZĂLEZ
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paintings and strange pyramidal
tombs show their symbolic and
religious development. However,
pillaging and the desert sands
have hidden the greatest part of
their history, which some link to
the People of the Sea. It is not
unusual that people refer to it as
the African Atlantis.
illennia ago, to the south
of modern Libya, a mysterious civilization flourished. Its people, known
as Garamantes, not only survived the harsh conditions of
their environment, but thrived
thanks to trade and technological supremacy. Enigmatic cave
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