Fewet — Garamantian Oasis and Cemetery along Fazzan Corridor
Garamantian (500 BCE–600 CE)·Garamantian oasis farmers·🇱🇾 Fezzan, Wadi ash-Shati west, Fewet oasis, near Wadi Tanzzuft, Libya
About
About Fewet — Garamantian Oasis and Cemetery along Fazzan Corridor
Fewet excavated by di Lernia 2000s, 100 tumuli satellite to Garama. Recorded context — Period: Garamantian (500 BCE–600 CE); Culture: Garamantian oasis farmers; Field status: excavated; Materials: mudbrick, palm, tumulus stone; Condition: preserved — desert.
Why it mattersKey Garamantian oasis farmers ancient-village with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Astronomical alignment
- 02Chronology and phasing
Theories
- 01Territorial marker
- 02Elite residence
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 500 BCE oasis; cemetery 200 CE
- Period
- Garamantian (500 BCE–600 CE)
- Culture
- Garamantian oasis farmers
- Purpose
- Small Garamantian palm oasis with 100 tumuli — satellite palm grove of Garama network
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1904
- Excavation
- Excavated
1950 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Fewet — Garamantian Oasis and Cemetery along Fazzan Corridor
c. 1200 BCE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Fewet — Garamantian Oasis and Cemetery along Fazzan Corridor
On the ground
Structures & features
27.2450° N · 12.3950° E · 560 m · 3 mapped features
- Fewet — Garamantian Oasis and Cemetery along Fazzan Corridor — Principal Structurestructurestructure at Fewet — Garamantian Oasis and Cemetery along Fazzan Corridor — hydraulic feature27.2450° N · 12.3930° E
- Fewet — Garamantian Oasis and Cemetery along Fazzan Corridor — Northern Complexcomplexcomplex at Fewet — Garamantian Oasis and Cemetery along Fazzan Corridor — outlier feature27.2457° N · 12.3965° E
- Fewet — Garamantian Oasis and Cemetery along Fazzan Corridor — Southern Rock Artrock artrock art at Fewet — Garamantian Oasis and Cemetery along Fazzan Corridor — hydraulic feature27.2467° N · 12.3950° E