It may be the gateway to the vast Sahara desert, but that doesn't mean it's free of that modern scourge of the ...

Researchers studied the DNA of two 7,000-year-old naturally mummified individuals excavated in the Takarkori rock shelter in ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

In this lonely valley called Tazerzaït, where the Aïr Massif meets the great sand seas of the Sahara, the ... descend from the fierce nomads who for several centuries dominated the lucrative ...

This story appears in the October 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. An ancient wind is coming up from a place called deep time. The Sahara strikes us as an eternal inferno of dunes and ...

In the Mauritanian desert, nomadic herders look for unusual rocks with a dark surface, hoping to find rare meteorites and strike it big.

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

The Sahara Desert is on the far eastern edge ... Historically, Berber people have been desert nomads, or would live high up ...

Although the Sahara is the world's largest ... of the Sahrawi people throughout history, and desert guides will walk you through how the nomads have long navigated the region by starlight.

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

The Sahara Desert is one of Earth's most arid and desolate places, stretching across a swathe of North Africa that spans ...