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Jebel Uweinat — Ain Doua Crest Rock Art Gallery

Pastoral Neolithic (6000–1500 BCE)·Uweinat pastoralists (Garamantian ancestor?)·🇪🇬 Western Desert, Gilf Kebir/Jebel Uweinat, Ain Doua, Karkur Talh, Egypt

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About Jebel Uweinat — Ain Doua Crest Rock Art Gallery

Uweinat documented by Frobenius 1933 and Menardi Noguera, 6000 BCE cattle pastoralists. Recorded context — Period: Pastoral Neolithic (6000–1500 BCE); Culture: Uweinat pastoralists (Garamantian ancestor?); Field status: unexcavated; Materials: granite, sandstone; Condition: preserved — desert.

Why it mattersKey Uweinat pastoralists (Garamantian ancestor?) rock-art with stratified sequence and regional typology.

Open questions

Mysteries & theories

Mysteries

  1. 01Collapse cause

Theories

  1. 01Seasonal gathering
  2. 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. 6000 BCE cattle engravings; 2000 BCE giraffe
Period
Pastoral Neolithic (6000–1500 BCE)
Culture
Uweinat pastoralists (Garamantian ancestor?)
Purpose
600+ engraved panels on 1900 m massif — Africa's largest pastoral rock-art mountain with cattle/giraffe archive
Rediscovered
Modern excavation 1894
Excavation
Unexcavated

  1. c. 200 CE major extension

    Major expansion / refurbishment at Jebel Uweinat — Ain Doua Crest Rock Art Gallery

  2. c. 6000 BCE cattle engravings; 2000 BCE giraffe

    Initial construction / first occupation at Jebel Uweinat — Ain Doua Crest Rock Art Gallery

  3. 1890 excavation

    Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Jebel Uweinat — Ain Doua Crest Rock Art Gallery

On the ground

Structures & features

21.9200° N · 24.9800° E · 820 m · 3 mapped features

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