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 ...

Stalagmites (column-shaped rock formations which rise ... north and south of the central Sahara, increased recharge to rivers, and a narrower desert may have encouraged movement by people across ...

Scratched on the desert's rocks are the memories of a wetter Sahara, when water-dependent creatures such as lions, elephants, and rhinoceroses lived here. A funny thing happened when the most ...

The Sahara desert in its present form is not exactly ... This assertion was backed up by the findings of a rock art survey in eastern Sudan. The results were published in The Journal of Egyptian ...

A massive circular structure in the Sahara Desert has puzzled scientists for ... The Eye of the Sahara is made up of layers of rock that have been exposed by erosion. The outer rings consist ...

This 2023 astronaut photo shows a series of slowly moving "star dunes" in the Erg Chebbi region of Morocco. Most of these ...

Paleoclimate and archaeological evidence tells us that, 11,000-5,000 years ago, the Earth's slow orbital 'wobble' transformed today's Sahara desert to ... Saharan rock paintings and engravings ...

Analysis of stalagmite samples from caves in southern Morocco has provided new insights into rainfall patterns in the Sahara ...

Sahara - Hutsetik Haitzera is a mountain documentary about the climbing of Tizouyag Nord in the Hoggar Desert in Algeria by the Spanish Basque team composed of Alberto Iñurrategi, Jon Lazkano ...