Location of Site: Fezzan, Libya
Date of Significance: 8000-3000 B.C.
Years on Watch List: 2008
Primary Threats: Oil drilling and prospecting, uncontrolled tourism
Carved into the cliffs of Wadi Mathendous-which means dry riverbed in Arabic-is a prehistoric menagerie rendered in stone, including life-size elephants, giraffes, aurochs, and crocodiles.
