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| Climatic Contrasts Make Libya Even More Interesting |
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Libya: Archaeology and Civilisation (Part 25)
Many travel writers have repeatedly described Libya as a land of many contrasts. Strictly speaking this is true in the sense that it is very difficult to generalise, particularly as the
country’s climate conditions and terrain are concerned.
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| A Dry Land But for the Winter Months |
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Libya: Archaeology and Civilisation (Part 24)
At this stage the impression must not be given that it never rains in Libya. Although rainfall is not frequent, the highest level takes place in the hills of Cyrenaica and Tripolitania. (Pictured: Dust storm over Libya)
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| ‘Man-Made River’ Project Improves Libya’s Agriculture |
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Libya: Archaeology and Civilisation (Part 23)
When completed, the Great Man-Made River, the largest water transport project ever undertaken, described by many as the “Eighth Wonder of the World” would carry more than five million cubic metres of water per day across the desert to coastal areas, vastly increasing the amount of arable land.
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| Man-Made River -Project Aimed at Solving Problem of Water Shortage |
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Libya: Archaeology and Civilisation (Part 22)
Not unlike other countries of the Mediterranean, Libya has none of the dangerous species of hunting fish such as the sharks or the barracuda. However, close inshore swim such species as the angel fish, the octopi and the myriad forms of animal and plant life that sea bed supports, including sea eggs and sea porcupines, crabs and worms, and the profuse forms of vegetable growth.
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| Several Animal Species Adapt to Libya’s Climatic Conditions |
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Libya: Archaeology and Civilisation (Part 21)
There are historical documents that prove, beyond reasonable doubt that as relatively recent as two thousand years ago animal life may have abounded in those regions of Libya that are today considered to be semi-barren. (Pictured: Desert horned viper)
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| Prince Andrew Visits Libya |
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Prince Andrew, son of Queen Elizabeth of England, is currently in Tripoli on an unofficial visit to Libya, he is to take a first hand look into the country’s archeological treasures and beautiful sand dunes at the Sahara desert.
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| Gateway Journey to the Wonders of the Desert of Akakus |
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One of the important aspects of any organised trip is that it reassures the traveler from the outset and that it embeds everlasting memories to treasure for life. From the moment we alighted down the steps of the Bouraq Air flight to Sebha and met our friends at the start of our four-day 1265km desert trip, we knew that our Gateway journey to the wonders of the Desert of Akakus was going to be an unforgettable experience.
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| Ice Age Caused ‘Living Things’ to Disappear |
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Libya: Archaeology and Civilisation (Part 20)
Several archaeologists believe that prehistoric people who executed the drawings in solid rock at The Fezzan and other nearby places must have seen both the animals and the fauna in the immediate vicinity of where they did their sketches.
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| Thousands of Years Ago There Was Life in the Dese |
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Libya: Archaeology and Civilisation (Part 19)
Until the First of September 1969 Revolution started to reclaim the desert and to develop the interior of the country, Libya’s coastal belt itself was a narrow strip of land that only occasionally widened ... and narrowed still further where the encroaching fingers of the desert edge imperceptibly towards the sea.
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| The Principal Outstanding Landmarks of The Fezzan |
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Libya: Archaeology and Civilisation (Part 18)
Over the years since the Revolution, important changes started to take place in Libya. Development was not restricted solely to the coastal belt. On the contrary, large expanses of previous desert started to be reclaimed and within the deep interior of the land, instead of previous barrenness and wilderness, life started to emerge.
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| Size of Country Made it Hard to Explore Further |
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Libya: Archaeology and Civilisation (Part 17)
Since the earliest known civilisations that had settled in North Africa, particularly in Libya, the coastal belt that stretches from Tunisia in the west, to Egypt in the east, was the region more readily developed, from the days of the Phoenicians to almost contemporary times.
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| Jebel Akhdar: Highest Rate of Rainfall on Libyan Land, Supports Great Wealth of Flora |
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Libya: Archaeology and Civilisation (Part 16)
Libyans enthusiastically welcomed the ambitious plans announced recently by Seif Al-Islam Al-Qathafi when he launched the world’s first large-scale conservation and sustainable development project in the mountainous region of Jebel Akhdar (Green Mountain). It was most fitting that the launch of the ecological and cultural project, aimed at safeguarding the country’s archaeological sites and preventing the overdevelopment of its rugged Mediterranean coastline was launched at Cyrene.
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| Libya’s Three Main Regions: Tripolitania, Cyrenaica and The Fezzan |
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Libya: Archaeology and Civilisation (Part 15)
Libya is perhaps one of the few countries in the world where the natural heritage has remained unspoilt, and where the environment has not yet been threatened by the technology of the modern day.
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| Born Out of the Great Deserts of North Africa |
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Libya: Archaeology and Civilisation (Part 14)
The territory of Libya reaches its furthest point south, deep into the interior of Africa, on the frontier with northern Sudan and extends its northernmost point by the Mediterranean Sea. There are at least 2,000 kilometres of coastline and it is not surprising that in the past Libya was generally known as the “Gateway to Africa” and the link between Europe and Africa. (pictued: A panoramic view of “Jebel Akhdar”)
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| Imposing Presence of the Sahara Dominates Land |
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Libya: Archaeology and Civilisation (Part 13)
Libya today is a country vastly different from the distant old days when the first settlers, presumably the Phoenicians first set foot on North African land. Through the civilisations that have emerged and disappeared from this country, a new generation has come forward to meet the challenges of the modern world.
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