The Sahara Desert, known today for its vast, arid landscapes, was once a fertile region teeming with life. A recent study analyzing stalagmites from caves in southern Morocco has revealed that between ...

That the Sahara is “empty, barren and everywhere the same” is a misperception anthropologist Scheele (The Value of Disorder) sets out to correct in this captivating study. She dates the notion partly ...

In its media coverage of the Western Sahara issue, El País and other media, persists in addressing the conflict with the same habitual bias ...

Introduction -- A quick tour of the Sahara -- Flora and fauna -- Part 1: Landscapes. Whales in the desert -- Rock art -- Saharan urban -- Part 2: History: conquests and empires. From ancient Egypt to ...

You’ll find a lot more sand than trees in the Sahara Desert, but that doesn’t mean they don’t occasionally crop up. Here’s the story of the Tree of Ténéré, as well as a couple other famous trees found ...

Lucknow/Mumbai/Pune: For VIPs coming to the City of Nawabs, all roads once led to the 180-acre fortified Sahara estate. That was some 15 years ago. Today, a white shirt is hung out to dry on its ...