A set of rounded stones shaped like French baguettes have baffled scientists since they were discovered in the high desert near Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes National Park. Researchers assumed they were ...

Start at the Furnace Creek visitor center in Death Valley National Park. Drive 50 miles north on pavement, then head west for another 30 miles on bone-rattling gravel roads. During the drive—which ...

Researchers from the FOM Foundation and the University of Amsterdam have figured out how the ancient Egyptians transported huge stones across desert sands to build the famed pyramids. Through ...

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The question of just how an ancient civilization—without the help of modern technology—moved the 2.5 ton stones that made up their famed pyramids has long plagued Egyptologists and mechanical ...

Evidence of human life in the Gobi Desert 8,000 years ago has been found, thanks to the analysis of an ancient dry lake in ...

In Jordan’s Wadi Rum desert, some stones produce a hollow, drum-like sound when tapped together. The effect surprises visitors because the rocks appear solid and heavy. The reason lies in the internal ...

Deserts are often dismissed as empty wastelands of sand and sun, but these arid landscapes hide some of the most perplexing puzzles on Earth. Far from being barren voids, deserts are active, shifting ...