Sahara Desert
The Sahara Desert flooded for the first time in decades. Here’s what it looks like
Environment
October 15, 2024
The Sahara Desert flooded for the first time in decades. Here’s what it looks like
(CNN) — Striking images from the Sahara Desert show large lakes etched into rolling sand dunes after one of the…
Newly mapped lost branch of the Nile could help solve long-standing pyramid mystery
Egypt
May 17, 2024
Newly mapped lost branch of the Nile could help solve long-standing pyramid mystery
Egypt’s Great Pyramid and other ancient monuments at Giza exist on an isolated strip of land at the edge of…
Photos: Egypt’s unreal ‘snowy’ mountains become a tourist hit
Travel
November 11, 2021
Photos: Egypt’s unreal ‘snowy’ mountains become a tourist hit
Images of people frolicking in snowy landscapes and sliding down icy mountains are not unusual, but one crucial thing made…
Niger’s migrant smugglers use ever deadlier routes through the Sahara
Middle East
July 5, 2019
Niger’s migrant smugglers use ever deadlier routes through the Sahara
Amadou Sissoko is a migrant whose journey so far has ended in a transit center in Agadez in central Niger.…
Surviving desert marathons: ‘Imagine the Devil holding a blowtorch in your face’
Life & Style
September 13, 2015
Surviving desert marathons: ‘Imagine the Devil holding a blowtorch in your face’
When Dean Karnazes ran 135 miles nonstop across Death Valley during the height of summer, the heat was so intense…
Update: Algerian army stages ‘final assault’ on gas plant
World
January 19, 2013
Update: Algerian army stages ‘final assault’ on gas plant
The Algerian army on Saturday carried out a final assault on Al-Qaeda-linked gunmen holed up in a desert gas…