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Comment #18 has a good link. #12 was not working. It was the righteous anger of the Berber inhabitants of the Nafusa Mountains which helped turn the tide against Ghaddafi. Like Arabs before him he had tried to subvert their culture and language. I believe their language was forbidden in schools and even literature may have been banned. Perhaps our poster can clarify that. The Berbers are a bit like the Kurds being distributed in a number of countries, and no doubt causing anxiety for various governments.

I have an interesting book called “In Plain Sight: Old World Records in Ancient America,” by Gloria Farley. It includes an Appendix with a number of ancient scripts provided by the author or by linguist Dr. Barry Fell, which compare Numidian, Tifinagh, Maghrib, and other old writing. At least some of the unrest in Western Libya may be the result of Berbers wanting to retain the power they have regained.

Regarding Scots and Berbers, Scots are Celtic peoples. Old sources refer to Celt-Iberians, and Scots were Celts. Since Berbers were in Spain until they were kicked out around 1500, there are probably Berbers with Celt-Iberian blood. Also, a surprising number of Scots seem to have some traces of Neanderthal. Sean Connery looks nothing like my late husband who had the red hair, clear blue eyes and heavy boned massive body that makes me suspect he had a few Neanderthal genes. He was a definite physical type I have seen among the Scots. But like many peoples, Scots have a number of ethnic components.