about this culture, which
flourished
between
600 B.C. and 800
A.D. However, during
the press conference
in which he presented
his findings, he had to
insist on its extraordinary importance: “It
is as if someone came
to England and discovered medieval castles”, he explained to a
6
British journalist, who
was probably unaware
of the context of the
news. We do not berate
him for that.
With
the exception of Egypt,
archeology in the north
of Africa is as arid as
the subsoil being studied.
Photo credit :Germa,By Franzfoto (Own work) licensed under GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The author of this brief
introduction is David
Mattingly, Roman archeology professor at the
University of Leicester
and director of the project which has obtained
the images in question.
Extremely knowledgeable of the Garamantes’
Civilization, this famed
archeologist is set to
promote
knowledge