吉尔夫·克比尔 | 瓦迪哈姆拉

• 16 / 5 / 2023

At Gulf Kebir, a variety of wadis meet and mark the high plateau, and many of them are terribly surprising, yet together they contain significant rock art.
Where the prolific variety of painted shelters around the Sura ravine to the south, their rock art sites are few and far between. This is often surprising given that 3 of most wadis in this area are densely vegetated. One of the first explorers, Almasy, thought this was because they were still raging mountain streams during prehistoric times. He was wrong, but the rarity of rock art sites remains unexplained.

At Gulf Kebir, a variety of wadis meet and mark the high plateau, and many of them are terribly stunning, yet together they contain significant rock art. Where the prolific variety of painted shelters around Gully Sura to the south, their rock art sites are few and far between. It is often surprising to find that 3 of the most important wadis in this area are densely vegetated. One of the first explorers, Almasy, thought this was because they were still raging mountain streams during prehistoric times. He was wrong, but the rarity of the rock art sites is still unexplained.