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Forum: Environment, Archaeology, and Oil: The Messak Settafet Rescue Operation (Libyan Sahara)

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  1. Department of Antiquities, Assaraya Al Hamra, Tripoli, Libya

    Giuma Anag

  2. CNR, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    Mauro Cremaschi

  3. CIRSA, University of Rome “La Sapienza,”, Rome, Italy

    Savino di Lernia & Mario Liverani

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Anag, G., Cremaschi, M., Lernia, S.d. et al. Forum: Environment, Archaeology, and Oil: The Messak Settafet Rescue Operation (Libyan Sahara). African Archaeological Review 19, 67–73 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015473709731

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