The Ghosts of the Green Sahara

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.

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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