My father worked on contract in Libya in the 70's and 80's (we lived in Eastern Europe and Qaddafi did business with countries east of Iron Curtain because he didn't like USA and the West in general for political reasons). It was my dad's greatest adventure of his life and just that part of the world was so different from the gloomy, cold, miserable and poor land we came from. He never forgot it and neither did I forget all the goodies and high quality wares he either brought from Libya or was able to buy for good currencies he was paid in for the work he did in Libya, helping to build and develop its infrastructure. He also brought kilometres of photographic films to develop of everything he saw there and it was all so beautiful and exotic. He never forgot the place and had always yearned to go there again just to see it once more, and to take me with him to show me the places he saw before. He never had the chance because Qaddafi's regime fell among a violent revolution and the country had never become stable and safe enough to become a secure holiday destination. Also I've never been thrilled to spend the whole stay dressing in a complete body cover for the sake of the local sense of propriety (and, as both my parents believed, not to attract attention of any possible wrongdoers with my blonde hair and blue eyes). Don't get me wrong, he wasn't a fan of Qaddafi in a slightest bit (in fact first thing after hearing of his demise he shouted: "serves him right, that old per_ert!"), he accepted the contract offer presented to the employees of his company because people in our country were struggling with shortages of pretty much everything and he had a family with two young children and ailing and completely dependent parents to support. But he loved the place and everything about it, even though during his work there he fell from a ladder, got his head cracked and his arm broken open and had to stay in some rather dilapidated hospital and undergo long and painful physiotherapy after his return home. I think his inability to revisit Libya was one of his life's greatest regrets and that he never stopped remembering the land.
He is! And I love how his documentaries are about his subject, not him. Usually, I'm not interested in celebrities at all, but if there was one I wanted to meet it would be him.
This is easily one of my most exciting documentaries. From the Mediterranean into deep Sahara and an unknown people and culture; with rock carvings and paintings even a chariot, showing that people lived here even before the Roman's!
So outstandingly made. Beautiful country, interesting people and a wonderful look at an area of the world I probably will never see in person. Thanks for sharing this excellent video online!
@@seannorton I spend a night in the zagora desert 🏜 in 2015 and another night in the mazuga desert 🏜 in 2017 in Morocco 🇲🇦. Both were organized group tours with mini vans. Hostels connected tourist from around the world visited marrakech and easily found group tours daily, I think it was 65 euro or 75 euro for 2 nights. All group tours included transportation, dinner, breakfast prepared by the Berber. I slept under the stars only needed a trench coat in April. The tour in 2015 included a traditional berber tent with western toilet! Theists were solar power !
Informative video. You have performed adventurous journey & explored inaccessible, dry & deserted land. Showcase their life style, culture & staying in adversaries. Great ful for this wonderful cinematography.
@@kaisanderson9616 Yeah, I agree! But to be honest, I don't think I'd want to go with a man I barely know on a week long road trip alone lol! She probably wanted her bro to go .
@Lucas Capobianco actually these sites are still not destroyed , there's even anew videos about historical sites in Libya , just because there is war doesn't mean it's destroyed , the war happened in certain places . I am a Libyan who still live there and i can assure that.
@Lucas Capobianco ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--XTUYTp7a1Q.html this is a new video about the south of libya , the beginning shows sabha castle , and later about the customs of twareq ( an ethnic group which lives in south of libya and they are not arab , but they are mostly talking in Libyan arabic so rahalista can understand , cuz he's a Libyan arab ) there's also another video he did about his travel to Tripoli our capital and about Libyan's amazigh who lives in jabel nafosah . If you like you can watch them.
@@SisyphusJPdidn't she say that in the same context of "who cares now. That is all ancient history now" concerning the attack on the Benghazi Embassy?
Love this show. This is what should be in history channel. Last real history showing remember them having was naked archeologist and digging fornthentruth with Josh Bernstein. Love good historical shows.
It's sad rewatching this series and seeing how almost none of these countries are accessible to westerners, and how bad conditions have gotten for many of the people living in these countries. I wonder what became of his various hosts and hostesses. I hope they're all well, but given the deteriorating conditions across Mali, Sudan, Afghanistan, and Libya, I'd honestly be surprised if all of them were still safe and happy.
Fine documentary. I do take issue with one point: Leptis was founded by neither the Greeks nor the Romans, but rather by the Phoenicians, later absorbed into the Carthaginian Empire. It was a Phoenician/Punic city for the first 500 years or so... Roman Leptis was originally just an expansion of conquered Punic Leptis, which was not mentioned in this film. Otherwise, very enjoyable.
I wish these types of videos would let us know the damn temperature, wind velocity; look at them: looks like desert heat but they're all wearing parkas like they're in .......Canada.........in November.
Dwight St John average weather in the winter drops to 15-20 during day time and even colder at night time in Libya especially in the desert and some parts of Libya for instance like Ontario’s winter vs Albertas
Not a chance David has a gentle nature and never swears. His docs are just brilliantly done and he respects everyone he meets along the way. First class human being.
The parallel between the last area of Lybia they visited and the Four Corners area, where the borders of Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico meet is stunning. Monument Valley is nearly the same, just a little more vegetation. They rock art Left
@@romeosantos7249 you’re gonna mansplain this to me? You have no idea what you’re talking about. When you are a woman you get to describe modesty otherwise you’re just a misogynistic ssshole.
HA! The look on her face when he says "I too am unmarried". She was like "Oh!" "Reeeally"!?? LOL! That "chariot" in the cave painting looks like a 4 wheel drive model. That cannot be a chariot, it would have been un-manuverable with 4 wheels. Probably some kind of cart.
The painting shows a 2-wheel drive model. Only good evidence of chariots with 4 wheels are the ones of the Sumerians, but then again, in their time, it was a very recent innovation.
I think he and the guide like each other. I'm sensing chemistry between them. It seems like they're flirting a little. The brother looks like a pit bull you don't want to mess with. lol
@heath ongq we blame the white man for his laws, borders, the deceit, corruption, overthrow, genocide of 90% of our people all over the world, division of Africa among colonizer's so they could control the people, stealing our artifacts, stealing all the gold, silver and diamonds destroying scrolls, temples and synagogue changing name of people from godly names to Baal system names,..even the Pharaohs and cities names were changed. A lot of our names are Roman, Greek or Babylonian after their god's. Then you bring in a white Jesus ('...sus-- son of Zeus) 500 years ago, ioesus 1800 years ago, then Christos 300bc with the Ptolemaic period. The Europeans used Sunday school books and commentaries and miseducation through their school system: teaching slaves discipline, white supremacy, wrong words and meaning thru the Wikipedia and Webster dictionaries and made up white history while digging up, destroying, changing images and etc.. .
Gaddafi could have made Libya and its people one of the richest countries in education instead of spending their money in feeding conflicts and foreign wars.
@@codewz you forgot a thing " no dignity," the worst health and education system thank god was free,,free salty water twice a week and the rest of the week is going off,the worst payment comparing to country outcomes ,people with high rent houses that they can not afford ,,who the F*&^k you are laying to are you even Libyan , I live in a house with no roof for 25 years ,baying clothes once a year some time we don't have money,at the end someone behind screen write as if we were playing tricks on our precious leader ,who've could kill you just because you have a good reputation or people like you .
this brings back memories of my Morocco Sahara visits, the wedding tribe looks very similar to the Beber on the Moroccan side, wearing similar indigo turbans. If you want to experience spending a night in the Sahara desert, you can joint a group van tour from Marrakesh. It's not going to be the Libya Sahara, but it's very similar and it's actually one of Morocco's tourist attractions with camel rides & dinner, the Berber who work with tourist all speak English. I have seen a different documentary on Tunisia, they also have well preserved Roman ruins along their coast, too bad tourism is not common there lately. Edit: April 2021 I accidentally re watch this, because I like all the Sahara documentary 🙂 I am now updating the similarity among another tribe = the Nubian in Aswan and Luxor Egypt. During my visit to Egypt in September 2021, I accidentally wondered into a midnight Nubian wedding in Aswan and got to made a short video of it. The men & women dance separately, wearing similar long coat in white same dance move , horizon line holding hands, even during covid19 without mask. The ladies also made similar noises with their lips and jumped up celebrating a day before in thie Nubian home. I was a like lost on the Elephant Island, looking for my hostel. The tiny island in the middle of Nile river, everyone was attending the Wedding at midnight! . You can find d the wedding short videos on my RU-vid channel on my profile 🙂
It’s sad to see this footage and look at Libya today. Thanks to Europe and my president at the time, Obama, it’s a war torn wasteland today. Chances are you can’t safely drive that same highway alone in 2021.
@@mscapeh4451 well that's true but Ghaddafi's Libya was decently modern as far as African countries go. So he's also sad that Obamo helped deseat him. Much like Iraq, Libya had a strong repressive dictator but you often need one to hold together such countries
@@bigchef3394 that's true especially as the western. Empire well the stronghold outposts we're either abandoned of only latter an extra year before being sacked. Regardless Modern Libya looked better when it was stable under the dictator. But now with no dictator to hold it together its in war
Yes Obomba and Hillary destroyed Libya using the CIA and Arab Springs which is the same exact playbook they are trying in America with BLM and Antifa. Modern Democrats are destroyers of civilization.
I'll bet he was thrilled about her brother tagging along...that's something that would happen to me, for certain - what a buzzkill ...it's tragic how their culture doesn't allow their women to make their own decisions and be their own people...it's a crime against humanity 😒
The leptis magna was a Carthaginian empire 7th century BC. With arenas, arches and etc. Africans were great architects 100,000's of years before other races existed yet... As usual the invaders take over the land. The great general of Carthage defeated the Romans who walked around for hundreds of years stating Carthage must die and finally killed many people taking over Leptis Magna the then largest Roman province and most beautiful...
Please spell it like it is supposed to be spelled, Finicians. They were Irish Druids. Something the controllers and writers of history do not want us to know.
@@ArcturiusPendragon What a load of absolute tripe and ridiculous pseudo-history. To begin with, there were no "Irish Druids" at this time, nor Celts at all in Ireland in fact--Celts didn't arrive in Ireland for some 200 years after Leptis was founded. So laughable, if only you weren't likely serious...
