The Cave of Swimmers
Swimmers painted in the middle of the Sahara
Rock paintings on the Gilf Kebir plateau show people apparently swimming, plus a giraffe and a hippo. They may date back to about 8000 BC, when the Sahara was green and wet; the shelter was found in 1933 by László Almásy, the real figure behind The English Patient.
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In the middle of the Sahara, rock paintings show people swimming. The art in the Cave of Swimmers may be up to 10,000 years old, from when the desert was a green land of lakes, giraffes and hippos. Share →