Newly Found Rock Art Illustrates How the Sahara Dramatically Changed 4,000 Years Ago

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Newly Found Rock Art Illustrates How the Sahara Dramatically Changed 4,000 Years Ago

A painting of a cow alongside that of a human found in a Sudanese rock shelter suggests the Sahara was radically different in millennia gone by.Image credit: Julien Cooper Newly discovered rock art in Eastern Sudan's Atbai Desert reveals a strikingly different Sahara from 4,000 years ago. Current archaeological findings at sites near Wadi Halfa, a city close to the Egyptian border, depict a region that was once verdant and teeming with diverse…