The Ghosts of the Green Sahara

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In this video essay we take a deep dive into the enduring mystery of the African Humid Period or the Green Sahara. A period about 16,000-5,000 years ago when monsoonal rains brought a lush grassland to the Sahara Desert. We will be exploring the ancient civilizations that once called this land home as well as the biodiversity it once housed. All in an attempt to learn more about the mysterious and fascinating cultures that once existed in the Green Sahara. CAVE OF SWIMMERS RING: https://sweetleafjewellery.com/products/cave-of-swimmers-ring CAVE OF SWIMMERS PENDANT (LIMITED RUN): https://sweetleafjewellery.com/products/cave-of-swimmers-pendant BECOME A PATRON: https://www.patreon.com/miniminuteman MY SOCIALS: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/miniminuteman/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@miniminuteman E-Mail (Business inquiries only. DM me on insta for personals) [email protected] CHECK OUT MY BOOK (THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE WIERD AND WONDERFUL) Barnes and Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-encyclopedia-of-the-weird-and-wonderful-milo-rossi/1143219303 E-Book: https://www.quarto.com/books/9781577153412/the-encyclopedia-of-the-weird-and-wonderful Amazon: https://a.co/d/120F0PO VIDEO CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro 03:53 Ghosts of the Green Sahara 05:20 The Cave of Swimmers 07:45 When The Sahara Was Green 15:46 Back In Time 24:33 The Kufra River 28:32 The Wadi Sahabi Paleoriver 34:22 Lake Mega Chad 40:17 Gobero Burials Reprise 53:49 Ghosts of the Monsoon 57:48 Thank You and Outro CITATIONS 1: https://paulsereno.uchicago.edu/discoveries/people_of_the_green_sahara/ 2: https://www.bradshawfoundation.com/africa/gilf_kebir_cave_of_swimmers/index.php 3: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-41219-4 4:https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283719223_Wadi_Sura_in_Its_Environmental_Setting 5: [https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/geoscience/articles/10.1016/j.crte.2012.07.002/#:~:text=With the plausible assumption that,2 between the Tibesti%2C Al](https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/geoscience/articles/10.1016/j.crte.2012.07.002/#:~:text=With%20the%20plausible%20assumption%20that,2%20between%20the%20Tibesti%2C%20Al) 6: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1631071312000995 7:https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279629642_West_African_monsoon_dynamics_inferred_from_abrupt_fluctuations_of_Lake_Mega-Chad?_tp=eyJjb250ZXh0Ijp7ImZpcnN0UGFnZSI6Il9kaXJlY3QiLCJwYWdlIjoiX2RpcmVjdCJ9fQ 8: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Location-maps-and-geologic-section-across-principal-sites-at-Gobero-A-Map-showing_fig1_272152445