recorded in Almásy’s book The Unknown Sahara

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The Cave of Swimmers is a prehistoric rock art site in Egypt’s Libyan Desert, famed for its Neolithic-era paintings of human figures that appear to be swimming.

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recorded in Almásy’s book The Unknown Sahara canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site
prehistoric rock art site
alsoKnownAs Cave of the Swimmers NERFINISHED
approximateAge about 10,000 years old
early Holocene
authorOfPrimaryAccount László Almásy NERFINISHED
climateContext now hyper-arid Sahara
continent Africa
country Egypt
culturalAttribution prehistoric North African hunter-gatherers
depicts animals
human figures
swimming humans
discoveredBy László Almásy NERFINISHED
discoveryYear 1933
documentedIn The Unknown Sahara NERFINISHED
earlierEnvironment former lake or water-rich landscape
featuredIn film adaptation of The English Patient
hasAccessDifficulty remote desert location
hasArchaeologicalSignificance evidence of early human activity in Gilf Kebir
evidence of past wetter climate in Sahara
hasArtPeriod Holocene NERFINISHED
Neolithic
hasArtTechnique pigment painting
hasArtworkType rock art
rock paintings
hasConservationStatus fragile rock art
hasFigureStyle schematic human figures
hasGeologicalSetting sandstone cliff
hasNameOrigin figures that appear to be swimming
hasResearchField Saharan archaeology
palaeoclimatology
rock art studies
inspired novel The English Patient NERFINISHED
languageOfName English
locatedIn Gilf Kebir plateau NERFINISHED
Libyan Desert NERFINISHED
Western Desert of Egypt NERFINISHED
near Egypt–Libya border NERFINISHED
recordedIn The Unknown Sahara NERFINISHED
region southwestern Egypt
threatenedBy natural erosion
tourist impact

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Cave of Swimmers documentation recorded in Almásy’s book The Unknown Sahara