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4,000-year-old town discovered hidden in Arabian oasis
The remains of the town, dubbed al-Natah, were long concealed by the walled oasis of Khaybar, a green and fertile speck surrounded by desert in the northwest of the Arabian Peninsula. Then an ...
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This Ancient City Has a Dramatic Desert Landscape, World-class Cuisine, and a Growing Art Scene — Here's How to Plan Your Visit
social media doesn't do the Saudi Arabian town justice. Exploring the region felt otherworldly, and the dramatic desert landscape and majestic sandstone cliffs left me wondering if I was even on ...
Neom, Saudi Arabia’s Dystopian Desert City Project, Announces $5 Billion AI Data Center
The urban development project has often seemed pie-in-the-sky. A new "energy efficient" data center project promises more of ...
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Pumping Oil from Beneath the Arabian Desert
On the Arabian peninsula, U.S. oil giant Chevron has launched a $340-million pilot project to extract heavy oil from beneath the desert sands. WSJ's Ben Casselman reports from Wafra, Kuwait.