Name: Cave of Swimmers What it is: A series of rock paintings depicting a group of people swimming 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.

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 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 ...

A rare deluge of rain has created new lakes in the rolling sand dunes of parts of the Sahara, one of the driest places on Earth.

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 ...

This rock art is an important record of the past environmental conditions that prevailed in the Sahara, the world’s largest hot desert.

The Garamantian Empire survived in the extreme conditions of the Sahara Desert for hundreds of years using a unique tunnel system for moving water, according to new research. Photo from Carlos ...

Thousands of years ago, enough rain fell on northern Africa that the Sahara was a land of lakes instead of a desert. People hunted big animals across the green landscape and painted scenes of ...

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 ...