Castles in the desert - satellites reveal lost cities of Libya

[Melvadius]

EurekAlert is carrying this report on recent work by Professor Mattingly of Leicester University using satellite imagery in the Libyan desert which is revealing unsuspected details of the Garamantes culture which predated and adjoined the Roman occupation of the area.

 

Satellite imagery has uncovered new evidence of a lost civilization of the Sahara in Libya's south-western desert wastes that will help re-write the history of the country.

 

The fall of Gaddafi has opened the way for archaeologists to explore the country's pre-Islamic heritage, so long ignored under his regime.

 

Using satellites and air-photographs to identify the remains in one of the most inhospitable parts of the desert, a British team has discovered more than 100 fortified farms and villages with castle-like structures and several towns, most dating between AD 1-500.

 

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[Drusilla87]

This is excellent. I'd love to see what they find.

[caldrail]

Weapons of mass destruction? They have to be somewhere surely?

 

But seriously, this does prove how ignorant politics can be. The only hassle now is preventing site scroungers from removing anything worthwhile.