Collection · 23 September 2026

The Sahara Was Green for Six Thousand Years, and People Painted Swimmers on Its Rocks

Name: The Sahara Was Green for Six Thousand Years, and People Painted Swimmers on Its Rocks
Uploaded: 2026-09-23
Duration: 9 min 24 s
Description: Between about 11,000 and 5,000 years ago the Sahara was a savanna of grass, rivers and lakes, with roughly ten times the rain it gets today.

Between about 11,000 and 5,000 years ago the Sahara was a savanna of grass, rivers and lakes, with roughly ten times the rain it gets today.

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