In 1956, Henry Lote led a French expedition in the Sahara Desert and discovered 10,000 murals.
The next year, he brought back replicas and photographs of the murals, which covered an area of about 11,600 square feet, to Paris, where they became a sensation that astounded the world.
From the large number of ancient artifacts unearthed, it was determined that the Sahara, between 10,000 and 4,000 years ago, wasn't a desert but a grassland—a lush oasis teeming with numerous tribes or nations living on this fertile land, creating a highly developed culture.
The most prominent feature of this culture was the widespread popularity of polished stone tools and the manufacture of pottery, marking a sign of productive capacity. The murals also contained Sahara script and Tifinagh characters, indicating a relatively high level of cultural development at the time.
