The desert covers over 3.3 million square miles, which means it'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 ...

April 4 (Reuters) - 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 ...

A gold rush has broken out in the Sahara in recent years. Thousands of young Africans are digging in the sea of sand with ...

Merzouga, a small Moroccan town in the Sahara Desert and the gateway to Erg Chebbi—a vast expanse of sand dunes—is slowly but surely earning the badge of an ideal New Year’s Eve destination. ...

THERE'S a little-known beach in Italy that looks like the Sahara Desert. With huge golden sands, dunes and beautiful blue waters, it's one of the most beautiful places to go on holiday ...

(CNN) — Picture the Sahara, and an inhospitable landscape of endless sand dunes and barren rock comes to mind. That’s largely the case today, but 7,000 years ago the vast desert was an ...

The desert is dotted with camps ... cosy blankets for wrapping up in when the temperature drops at night. Intrepid Travel's Sahara Mini Adventure is a nice place to start: during the three ...