Deserts are harsh, unforgiving environments, but beneath the scorching sun and endless sand, some of the most incredible and ...

Learn why the idea of an ancient African drying period is now being challenged and what this means for the story of the first ...

Tens of thousands of years ago, on the territory of the uninhabited Sahara Desert, gardens flourished, rivers flowed, ancient ...

From his roof, Sidi Mohamed Lemine Sidiya scans the medieval town of Oualata, a treasure that is disappearing under the sands of the Mauritanian desert ... quartet of ancient, fortified towns ...

"The desert ... as a city on the trans-Saharan caravan trade route and centre of Islamic learning. Oualata's population has been dwindling for decades, leaving few people to tend to the ancient ...

Oualata in Mauritania is one of a UNESCO-listed quartet of ancient, fortified towns or ... disappearing under the sands of the Mauritanian desert. “It’s a magnificent, extraordinary town ...

From his roof, Sidi Mohamed Lemine Sidiya scans the mediaeval town of Oualata, a treasure that is disappearing under the sands of the Mauritanian desert. “It’s a magnificent, extraordinary ...