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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Swenet: [QB] [QUOTE] Originally posted by Tukuler: I don't know about Garamantes being Berbers. Where is the hard linquistic evidence for whatever forms of speech they used? I have it there are grave markers written by Garamantes. Can someone produce.[/QUOTE]As you probably know, Garamantes aren't some distant Ancient entity who went up in smoke millennia ago, that it would be difficult to identify their ethnic origins. Their inhabitation of the Fezzan smoothly transitions into the common era and even up to the Islamic invasion of Northern Africa. This, in and of itself, makes links with indigenous inhabitants of the Fezzan (Tuareg) almost a no-brainer. I'd say 1) trephination going all the way back to Ibero-Maurusian times (where it is first recorded in history) and continuing into modern day Berber populations as well as 2) their ability to thrive in the hyper-arid desert are both strong identifying traits for this population. Especially the latter. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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