Desert Landmarks: Rethinking State & Society in the Ancient Sahara by David Mattingly (Dec 2020)

This presentation celebrates the publication of the four volumes of the Trans-Saharan Archaeology series, published jointly by the Society for Libyan Studies and Cambridge University Press, and was delivered in December 2020, as the Society's Annual Lecture.
About the Speaker:
David Mattingly is an archaeologist and historian of the Roman world. He is currently Professor of Roman Archaeology at the University of Leicester. Following his BA in History at the University of Manchester, David completed a PhD under the supervision of Professor Barri Jones. He was a British Academy Post-doctoral fellow at the Institute of Archaeology, Oxford (1986-1989), then Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan, before coming to Leicester in December 1991 as a Lecturer. Promoted to Reader (1995) and Professor (1998), Prof Mattingly held a British Academy Research Readership award from 1999-2001, was elected Fellow of the British Academy in 2003 and Member of the Academia Europaea in 2013. He was Director of Research for the College of Arts, Humanities and Law (2009-2012) and held a major research grant from the European Research Council (2011-2017) for the Trans-Sahara Project.

[@Mawad7]

Great video

[@dbz_feats7723]

I agree but He should have a talk with Professor Christopher Ehert. The Amazigh collectively identify as Amazigh because Berber is tied to Roman xenophobia. Also he uses the word “Berber” as if it’s a race. Which is based on outdated terminology usage.

[@Mawad7]

@@dbz_feats7723 yes thats true I agree I got so used to them saying berber I did not even notice it thanks for pointing it out