1. The “written landscape” of the central Sahara: recording and digitising the Tifinagh inscriptions in the Tadrart Acacus Mountains
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29 novembre 2016
- handle: 10670/1.kbtsnv
- isbn: 9781783740628
- eisbn: 9782821876262
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archives numérisation patrimoine culturel conservation restauration archive conservation digitization cultural heritage restoration Humanities, Multidisciplinary LAN025020 GLCSujets proches
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Stefano Biagetti et al., « 1. The “written landscape” of the central Sahara: recording and digitising the Tifinagh inscriptions in the Tadrart Acacus Mountains », Open Book Publishers, ID : 10670/1.kbtsnv
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The archaeology of the Sahara in both historical and modern times remains, for the most part, inadequately investigated and poorly understood. However, the Fazzan in southwest Libya stands as a remarkable exception. In the last two decades, the University of Leicester and the Sapienza University of Rome have undertaken various research programmes that focus on the impressive evidence left by the Garamantian kingdom (c. 1000 BC-AD 700). These studies have provided groundbreaking data on the hi...