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Ase
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Is there any information available to see how the Sahara would've even looked like during the time of the Egyptians? The most I've found is this:

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It made me wonder if people are judging who a "sub Saharan" was by how the Sahara looks today, and not by the climate of Africa at the time.
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If you're talking 5 kya specifically...

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Found here.

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http://www.pnas.org/content/108/2/458.full.pdf

Ancient watercourses and biogeography
of the Sahara explain the peopling of the desert


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