Take a captivating journey through time as we uncover the mysteries of lost cities and vanished civilizations that once shaped human history. From the silent ruins of Mesopotamia to the hidden depths ...

The remains of a prehistoric town believed to date back 15,000 years and belong to an ancient Berber civilization have been discovered in Western Sahara.

Thuburbo Majus is a large Roman site in northern Tunisia. It is located roughly 60 km southwest of Carthage on a major African thoroughfare. This thoroughfare connects Carthage to the Sahara. Thuburbo ...

Algeria offers Roman and Islamic sites, beaches, mountains and haunting Saharan landscapes where tourists can sleep on dunes under the stars and ride camels Roman ruins to Sahara sands: Algeria's ...

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.

Researchers have developed a new concept to explain the phenomenon known as Green Sahara. They demonstrate that a permanent vegetation cover in the Sahara was only possible under two overlapping ...

The rocks were found in May 2020 in the Erg Chech sand sea, in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria.

The Sahara is the world’s largest subtropical desert. During the last decades, numerous scientific studies have probed its geological and archeological archives seeking to reveal its history ...

Centuries-old manuscripts, a rich source of cultural and literary heritage handed down through the generations, are also held in family libraries. But the southeastern town near the border with ...

In the extreme heat, piles of stone and walls that are ripped open bear witness to the impact of the latest, especially heavy, rainy season.