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In Our Time by BBC

Jun 11, 202657:42Society & Culture

Misha Glenny and guests discuss an ancient civilisation who lived over 2000 years ago in the southwest of modern-day Libya. During prehistoric times, the Sahara Desert was greener and even had large lakes, but for the la...

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