Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus

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World Heritage Site archaeological site cultural landscape rock art site

Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus is a UNESCO World Heritage-listed desert region in southwestern Libya renowned for its thousands of prehistoric rock paintings and carvings that document over 12,000 years of human history and environmental change.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus canonical 1
UNESCO World Heritage Site Tadrart Acacus (rock art) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World Heritage Site ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
cultural landscape ⓘ
rock art site ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Libya ⓘ
criteria (iii) ⓘ
(v) ⓘ
depicts domesticated animals ⓘ
human figures ⓘ
hunting scenes ⓘ
pastoral scenes ⓘ
prehistoric fauna ⓘ
features canyons ⓘ
isolated massifs ⓘ
rocky outcrops ⓘ
sand dunes ⓘ
heritageType cultural ⓘ
inscribedOn UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage List
inscriptionYear 1985 ⓘ
knownFor petroglyphs ⓘ
pictographs ⓘ
prehistoric rock paintings ⓘ
rock engravings ⓘ
landscapeType desert ⓘ
locatedIn Sahara Desert ⓘ
Fezzan ⓘ
surface form: Tadrart Acacus mountain range

southwestern Libya ⓘ
nearestMajorTown Ghat ⓘ
numberOfRockArtSites thousands ⓘ
partOf Fezzan ⓘ
surface form: Fezzan region
periodCovered Early Holocene ⓘ
Garamantian period ⓘ
historic period ⓘ
pastoral period ⓘ
represents environmental change ⓘ
human history ⓘ
shows development of pastoralism ⓘ
early caravan routes ⓘ
evolution of subsistence strategies ⓘ
transition from humid to arid climate ⓘ
threatenedBy looting ⓘ
oil exploration activities ⓘ
unregulated tourism ⓘ
vandalism ⓘ
timeDepth over 12,000 years ⓘ
UNESCORegion Arab League ⓘ
surface form: Arab States
UNESCOSiteId 287 ⓘ
UNESCOStateOfConservation in danger of irreversible damage ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Libya → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus ⓘ
Ghat District → heritageSiteNearby → Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site Tadrart Acacus (rock art)