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Conference on Monday, October 23, 2023, with Jean-Loïc Le Quellec, anthropologist and prehistorian. Since their discovery in 1850, some thirty years before those of cave art in Altamira and almost a century before those of Lascaux, the rock images of the Sahara, paintings and engravings, have revealed a fascinating world. However, it was not until the 1950s that the general public was informed of their existence, and became aware of the disappearance of an ancient "green Sahara" which, today, makes people dream. In the central Sahara, the groups nicknamed "Tassili frescoes" have indeed made known representations of giraffes, elephants, crocodiles, rhinoceroses and hippopotamuses alongside scenes illustrating the daily life of the disappeared populations who have left us thousands of masterpieces. This group bears witness to a radical climate change, of a magnitude comparable to that which awaits us. It is only in recent years that this enormous documentation, now extended to the entire Sahara, has really begun to reveal its secrets. A conference organized in partnership with the Society of Friends of the Musée de l'Homme. With --- Jean-Loïc Le Quellec, emeritus research director at the Institut des Mondes africains (CNRS). Learn more --- https://www.museedelhomme.fr/fr/les-i... #prehistory #sahara #tassili Copyright --- © MNHN, 2023 Visual: Théranthrope, rock engraving from the Sahara, Masak in Libya © J.-L. Le Quellec