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
linked to: Cave of Swimmers
approximateAge about 10,000 years old
early Holocene
authorOfPrimaryAccount László Almásy
climateContext now hyper-arid Sahara
continent Africa
country Egypt
culturalAttribution prehistoric North African hunter-gatherers
depicts animals
human figures
swimming humans
discoveredBy László Almásy
discoveryYear 1933
documentedIn The Unknown Sahara
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
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
linked to: The English Patient
languageOfName English
locatedIn Gilf Kebir plateau
Libyan Desert
Western Desert of Egypt
linked to: Western Desert
near Egypt–Libya border
recordedIn The Unknown Sahara
region southwestern Egypt
threatenedBy natural erosion
tourist impact

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