The ruins of the mud-built city of Germa or Garama at Wadi Al Hayat in the Sahara Desert, Libya.

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The ruins of the mud buildings of the city of Old Germa first erected by the the Garamantes and subsequently occupied by succeeding peoples until the modern city was build close by at about 1937 In the background are the ruins of qasr a fort that had seven towers

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Size: 5023px × 3376px
Location: Sahara Desert, Libya
Photo credit: © Victor Paul Borg / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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