Some 100,000 years ago, three large rivers snaked through what is today the bone-dry Sahara Desert, new research suggests. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on ...

Thousands of years ago, the Sahara Desert was not a dry land; it had rivers, lakes, and lush grasslands. This period is known as the African Humid Period.

The Sahara desert isn't known for its greenery. But there's evidence it was once much lusher than today, dotted with water holes and lakes. Now a study suggests that three massive rivers used to ...

A now-extinct stretch of the Nile once flowed near Egypt’s Great Pyramid and likely played a key role in the construction of ancient monuments, according to new research.

As recently as 5,000 years ago, monsoon rains turned the Sahara Desert into more of a Sahara savannah, and this river valley—called the Tamanrasset—swelled with water bound for the Atlantic Ocean.

A generalised map of the Sahara shows the location of the sample sites and the fossilised river courses (Credit: Univeristy of Bristol) The first humans to leave Africa didn't have to struggle ...

But there have been tantalizing clues that the Sahara has not always been the huge desert obstacle it is today. There are Nile crocodiles, fish and molluscs living in isolated Saharan oases, for ...

A change of biblical proportions is washing across the Sahara Desert. For the first time in 6,000 years, new lakes have risen from the sands of southern Egypt. The Nile River, swollen by unusual ...

Some 100,000 years ago, three large rivers snaked through what is today the bone-dry Sahara Desert, new research suggests. The rivers, now buried, would have created pockets of green areas and ...

Sahara Desert in Africa was once full of trees, had rivers, but became desert due to… Whenever we think of the Sahara Desert, the images that come to mind are vast stretches of sand and extreme ...

A now-extinct stretch of the Nile once flowed near Egypt’s Great Pyramid and likely played a key role in the construction of ancient monuments, according to new research.