Encased in the verdant oasis, the caravan ... Zagora became a garrisoned desert outpost under the Almoravids, the Berber dynasty that ruled northwestern Africa and southern Spain in the 11th ...

Heiba unveiled high demands for establishing investment zones in the sectors of logistics, preservation, packaging, and ...

Whenever we think of the Sahara Desert, the images that come to mind are vast stretches of sand and extreme dryness. But do you know that the desert was not always this arid and once had water and ...

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 a land covered with vegetation and lakes.

The photo comes from Landsat 7's Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus visible-light camera, and depicts the first snowfall recorded in the massive African desert in 37 years. The snow-covered area ...