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 ⓘ