Between 5,000 and 14,000 years ago, the Sahara Desert looked nothing like it does today. It was lush and green, with lakes ...

Locals showcase the preparation of traditional bread baked in hot sand, often called ‘sand bread’ or ‘desert bread,’ during ...

The Sahara Desert, now desolate, was once a lush savannah supporting a mysterious, isolated human lineage around 7,000 years ...

Testimony of this ‘green Sahara’ can be found in desert rock art depicting hippopotamuses and giraffes (Fig. 1), and in archaeological sites showing that people fished, hunted and herded ...

The Sahara Desert is the largest hot desert on Earth and covers over 3.3 million square miles of North Africa, according to World Atlas. That’s roughly the same size as the entire United States ...

The Sahara Desert is one of Earth's most arid and desolate places, stretching across a swathe of North Africa that spans parts of 11 countries and covers an area comparable to China or the United ...

A view from the Takarkori rock shelter in southwestern Libya ...

The Sahara desert is one of earth's most arid and desolate places, stretching across a swathe of North Africa that spans parts of 11 countries and covers an area comparable to China or the United ...

DNA from two mummies at Takarkori links them to 15,000-year-old Taforalt hunter-gatherers, challenging the idea of the Green ...

The Takarkori rock shelter, an archaeological site in Libya’s Tadrart Acacus mountains, offers a glimpse into the Sahara Desert's greener past. - Archaeological Mission in the Sahara/Sapienza ...