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 ====== Discovery of the Garamantes: Lucian's Text ======
-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>Garamantes]]. In the archeology world, it's like going to explore El-Dorado except that the archeologists always knew that the remnants of Garamantian civilization was always there but they were never able to be physically there to dig and conduct tests, at least not for the last 40 years. Check out this good preview article: [[http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/11/17/satellite-photos-show-ancient-saharan-fortresses-of-a-lost-empire/|Satellite Photos Show Ancient Saharan Fortresses of a Lost Empire]]
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+==== Authored by Frank Redmond, 2011 ====
+With the demise of the Ghaddafi regime in [[wp>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>Garamantes]]. In the archeology world, it's like going to explore El-Dorado except that the archeologists always knew that the remnants of Garamantian civilization was always there but they were never able to be physically there to dig and conduct tests, at least not for the last 40 years. Check out this good preview article: [[http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/11/17/satellite-photos-show-ancient-saharan-fortresses-of-a-lost-empire/|Satellite Photos Show Ancient Saharan Fortresses of a Lost Empire]]
-It is well-known that Herodotus and some other ancient authors like Pliny mentioned the Garamantes, but it is less well-known that Lucian also wrote about the Garamantes in his essay [[http://lucianofsamosata.info/texts.html#chapter55|Dipsas, the Thirst Snake]]. Although the essay was probably written as a rhetorical exercise, it provides a vivid picture the utter desolation of the Sahara Desert and the tribulations of the Garamantians. It is clear that Lucian does not romanticize the lifestyle of the Garamantes. I advise you to read the entire essay for its wonderful use of imagery and juxtaposition, but here is an excerpt from Lucian's text:
+It is well-known that [[wp>Herodotus]] and some other ancient authors like [[wp>Pliny the Elder]] mentioned the Garamantes, but it is less well-known that Lucian also wrote about the Garamantes in his essay [[http://lucianofsamosata.info/texts.html#chapter55|Dipsas, the Thirst Snake]]. Although the essay was probably written as a rhetorical exercise, it provides a vivid picture the utter desolation of the Sahara Desert and the tribulations of the Garamantians. It is clear that Lucian does not romanticize the lifestyle of the Garamantes. I advise you to read the entire essay for its wonderful use of imagery and juxtaposition, but here is an excerpt from Lucian's text:
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 Read the rest [[http://lucianofsamosata.info/texts.html#chapter55|HERE]].
-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:
+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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