a truncated pyramid, which were
undoubtedly built with an intention of transcending time. It is the
so-called pyramids - royal tombs
of Ahramat al-Hattia - buildings
which have miraculously survived
the plundering and destruction and
much extended practices in this
area, which have erased possible
evidence about aspects related to
the mythology and religion of these
mysterious Libyan-desert dwellers
forever.
before, the representations of carts
or quadrigas pulled by four horses
and other animals are abundant.
It is hard to assume that the
Garamantes knew these uses in
such remote times, this being
another of the impenetrable enigmas of what some have come to
call The African Atlantis.
It is believed that the decline of
the Garamantes was due to the
Arab invasions in 700 A.D. and the
transference of the trans-Saharian commerce routes to the West.
Additionally, it is very possible that
there was a deterioration of the climatic conditions and the subterranean waters, which until then had
supported their lifestyle.
PYRAMIDS - TOMBS
Additionally, many discovered
artifacts are related in some way
to the Garamantes - or their ancestors, belonging to the Acheulian
and Aterian periods - which takes
us to a strip between, at least,
100,000 and 30,000 B.C. Some of
these objects - tools, spear heads,
etc - can be seen in the Museum of
Germa. Their funerary art deserves
a special mention. In the previously
mentioned region, around 120,000
tombs have been detected, a good
handful of them with the shape of
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