Hitan" in Arabic, holds more than 400 primitive whale skeletons that offer a snapshot of the evolution of these creatures ...

The Largest Hot Desert When imagining the vastness of the world, the Sahara Desert often stands out. 2 million square kilometers, it ranks as the largest hot desert on our planet. To give you a ...

The Eye of the Sahara is a geological marvel, but it also holds archaeological significance, according to Geographical, a magazine published by the U.K.'s Royal Geographical Society.

Geological Society of America. ... such that there are special features that let humanity grow up there,” says Frank ... Hydrologic Serendipity and the Garamantian Empire of the Sahara Desert ...

The Erg Chebbi region of the Sahara desert in Morocco. The region is home to the 984 foot tall Lala Lallia star dune. Giovanni Mereghetti/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images ...

(CNN) — Striking images from the Sahara Desert show large lakes etched into rolling sand dunes after one of the most arid, barren places in the world was hit with its first floods in decades ...

While most of us know the Sahara Desert to be covered in sand, roughly 11,000 to 15,000 years ago, it looked very different. Geologic and archaeological evidence indicates that vegetation ...

Geological evidence shows that the desert was abundant with grasses, trees, and lakes as bodies of water expanded. An increased annual rainfall was a main source of this, forming many rivers and ...

THE first international meeting for the Study of the Prehistory and Quaternary Geology of the Sahara was held under the auspices of the Musee de l'Homme, Paris, on June 27–30. Sir Robert Mond ...

(CNN) — Striking images from the Sahara Desert show large lakes etched into rolling sand dunes after one of the most arid, barren places in the world was hit with its first floods in decades ...