Public talk on Prehistoric Rock Art of the Sahara to be hosted by the Scientific Society
András Zboray will be giving a public talk on the Prehistoric Rock Art of the Sahara on 15 June at 19:00, at the Namibia Scientific Society.
The talk will provide a richly illustrated overview of the principal Saharan rock art areas and styles, as well as their chronology and their present-day environmental setting.
“Several interesting parallels may be drawn between Saharan and Namibian rock art, suggesting similar lifestyles and adaptation patterns to similar environmental challenges,” the Society said in a statement.
According to the Society, the Sahara was not always a hyper-arid desert as today, because in the mid-Holocene wetter conditions prevailed, enabling human settlement in an arid savannah environment, which closely resembled conditions of present-day Namibia.
“These ancient humans left innumerable traces of their presence in the form of engravings and painting over a period spanning at least 5 thousand years,” they emphasised
András Zboray has been studying Saharan rock art for over three decades, spending much of this time documenting the painted shelters in the Jebel Uweinat – Gilf Kebir region at the centre of the Libyan Desert, on the converging borders of present-day Egypt, Libya, and Sudan
He is the author of several publications on the subject, including the first to present, a robust absolute chronology for any rock art region of Northern Africa.
