Available literature regarding a new interpretation of the
Wadi Sura rock art
1.) Rothert, H.: Libysche Felsbilder. Ergebnisse der XI. und XII. deutschen inner-afrikanischen Forschungs-Expedition (DIAFE) 1933/1934/1935. Darmstadt 1952
2.) Le Quellec, J.- L.; de Flers, P.; de Flers, Ph.; Gimal, N. - C.: Du Sahara au Nil, peintures et gravures d´avant les pharaons. Paris 2005
3.) D´Huy, J.: New evidence for a closeness between the Abu Ra´s shelter (Eastern Sahara) and Egyptian beliefs. Sahara 20 (2009), pp. 125-126
4.) Barta, M. et al.: Ostrovy Zapomneni. El-Heiz a ceske vyzkumy v egyptske Zapadni pousti. Prague 2009, pp. 69 - 75
5.) Barta, M. (text); Frouz, M. (photo): Swimmers in the Sand. Dryada, Prague 2010. (available through Amazon since 4/23/2010; http//www.amazon.com/Swimmers-Sand-Miroslav-Barta/dp/8087025261/ref=sr 1 5?; 106 pages, USD 89,-)
Miroslav Barta is professor of Egyptology at Charles University, Prague. In his book Swimmers in the Sand, which he dedicates to me, Barta presents the results of the work he carried out with his associates during an expedition to Gebel Uweinat and the Gilf Kebir in November 2008. The venture led to the formulation of a new approach towards interpretation of the Wadi Sura rock art, part of which Barta succeeds in linking with that iconography of the later Pharaonic culture related to religion and power. My discovery of a sacrificial altar in a rock shelter (WG 61, Andras Zboray classification) is shown on page 98 (figs. 50 + 51). The altar which has been dated to around 5,700 BC and which was used for ritual purposes until circa 4,000 BC, in “… a certain sense ,.. may be considered the first temple of the ancient Egyptians.” (Barta, M.; Frouz, M., op. cit., p. 99)
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6.) Zboray, A.: Rock art of the Libyan Desert. 2nd expanded edition. Newbury 2009.
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Outstanding compilation... “by an engaged amateur (sic)…” (R. Kuper: A paradise off rules? Sahara 20(2009), p. 10) which has claim to being a complete list of known rock art sites discovered in the Ouwenat and Gilf Kebir region… “ (H. Riemer: Prehistoric rock art research in the Western Desert of Egypt. Archeo-Nil 19(2009), p. 32).
7.) George, U.: In der Höhle der Himmelsgöttin. GEO Germany 9(2010), pp. 58 - 76
Summary of the spectacular discoveries made in 2008 and in winter 2009/2010 by Miroslav Barta, Carlo Bergmann and Uwe George in the Wadi Sura region.
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