This series of paintings, found inside a cave in the Sahara, shows a pair of swimmers. ... Where it is from: Egypt's Western Desert. When it was made: Between 6,000 and 9,000 years ago.

Life imitates art. And sometimes science does the same. Seven thousand year-old rock paintings in the Sahara desert have, somewhat serendipitously, helped uncover evidence of ancient lake beds ...

Archaeologists are studying prehistoric rock drawings discovered in a remote cave in 2002, including dancing figures and strange headless beasts, as they seek new clues about the rise of Egyptian ...

The Sahara Desert, known today for its vast, arid landscapes, was once a fertile region teeming with life. A recent study analyzing stalagmites from caves in southern Morocco has revealed that ...

The discovery of rare painted rock art featuring cattle in one of the driest parts of the Sahara Desert indicates that the region was once covered in grass, swamps and waterholes, making it a ...

Roman ruins and trekking through the Sahara desert to a gigantic “open-air museum” filled with prehistoric art are some of the highlights. CNN values your feedback 1.

The Sahara Desert is green and vegetated every 21,000 years. A climate model shows why. ... Among its vast sandstone formations is perhaps the world’s largest art museum.

The Sahara desert, once lush and green, during a time between 14,500 and 5,000 years ago, was also home to a mysterious human lineage, a new study has found.

The Sahara desert, once lush and green, during a time between 14,500 and 5,000 years ago, was also home to a mysterious human lineage, a new study has found. Researchers from Germany's Max Planck ...