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====== Discovery of the Garamantes: Lucian' | ====== Discovery of the Garamantes: Lucian' | ||
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With the demise of the Ghaddafi regime in Libya, the floodgates have been opened for archeologists to study the Garamantes, an ancient Berber kingdom that populated that region from 500 BC to 700 AD [[wp> | With the demise of the Ghaddafi regime in Libya, the floodgates have been opened for archeologists to study the Garamantes, an ancient Berber kingdom that populated that region from 500 BC to 700 AD [[wp> | ||
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Read the rest [[http:// | Read the rest [[http:// | ||
- | I think it will be a nice contrast to read what Herodotus has to say about the Garamantes. Some of it is ridiculous, but that's what makes Herodotus so charming: | + | I think it will be a nice contrast to read what Herodotus has to say about the Garamantes. Some of it is ridiculous, but that's what makes Herodotus so charming :-D. It's important to keep in mind that Herodotus lived 500 years before Lucian and did not live in the time of a united Mediterranean empire like Lucian did: |
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