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Rudolph Kuper WAdI SurA – ThE CAVE Of BEASTS A rock art site in the Gilf Kebir (SW Egypt) In collaboration with Franziska Bartz, Erik Büttner, Frank Darius, Frank Förster, Lutz Hermsdorf-Knauth, Sabine Krause, Hans Leisen, Heiko Riemer, Jürgen Seidel and András Zboray AFRICA PRAEHISTORICA 26, Köln 2013 545 full colour pages, numerous figures, tables and maps size 24 x 34 cm, hardcover and half linen-bound, 2 folded plates Price 85,- € + postage EU 13,- € / world wide 28,- € (air) 115,- $ + postage EU 18,- $ / world wide 38,- $ (air) 73,- £ + postage EU 11,- £ / world wide 24,- £ (air) 70 years after the discovery of the famous “Cave of larger public, an interdisciplinary research project was Swimmers” in the heart of the Libyan Desert by the “Eng- launched in 2009, financed by the German Research lish Patient” László Almásy, only 10 km further west Council (DFG), which aims at a comprehensive docu- along the edge of the Gilf Kebir plateau, Massimo and mentation of the rock art as well as at its placement in Jacopo Foggini detected another painted shelter which the archaeological context of the surrounding landscape. – with its exceedingly rich and complex imagery – clearly In summer 2013, the first of three planned volumes will surpasses all comparable rock art sites in Egypt, if not be published, presenting on 220 double pages the com- in the entire Sahara. About 8000 single figures, among plete picture trove of Wadi Sura II in scale 1:2, based on them numerous hybrid creatures that inspired its name, high resolution digital photography and straightened by “The Cave of Beasts”, offer unique insights into daily life 3D laser scanning. The volume will be supplemented by and spirituality of a so far unknown past cultural world of 13 articles dealing with the context of the pictures and about 8000 years ago and certainly range this shelter their archaeological setting. among the most important prehistoric sites of the conti- nent. In order to make this extraordinary cultural heritage Order from our bookshop at www.hbi-ev.uni-koeln.de broadly accessible for scientific studies as well as for the More infos at www.wadisura.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de E L B A L I A V A W O N Contents Foreword 8 Part I Rudolph Kuper From nowhere to Hollywood – The story of Wadi Sura 12 András Zboray Wadi Sura in the context of regional rock art 18 Frank Förster & Rudolph Kuper Catching the Beasts – Myths and messages in rock art 24 Rudolph Kuper The Cologne Wadi Sura Project 28 Heiko Riemer & Franziska Bartz The archaeological survey: Landscape and context of Wadi Sura’s rock art 32 Heiko Riemer Dating the rock art of Wadi Sura 38 Hans Leisen, Sabine Krause, Heiko Riemer, Jürgen Seidel & Erik Büttner New and integral approaches to rock art recording as means of analysis and preservation 42 Frank Förster Figuring out: Computer-aided rock art recording and analysis 50 Heiko Riemer Rock shelters: Locations of rock art 54 Sabine Krause, Heiko Riemer & Hans Leisen Paints and pigments in the rock art of Wadi Sura 58 Hans Leisen & Sabine Krause Conservation of rock art ‒ A holistic approach 62 Rudolph Kuper Visitors and vandals – The impact of desert tourism 66 Frank Darius Wadi Sura in its environmental setting 70 Part II User’s guide 82 Grid system of Panels A ‒ E 83 Ortho view of the shelter 84 Panel A ‒ E 86 Selected scenes and figures 488 Engravings 512 References and photo credits 538 HEINRICH-BARTH-INSTITUT e.V. – Jennerstraße 8 – 50823 Köln – Germany Fon +49(0)221.558098 – e-mail: [email protected] – www.hbi-ev.uni-koeln.de.