A long trek across the desert of northeastern Niger brings the ... Once a crossroads for caravans trading across the Sahara, Kawar today is a nexus for drug and arms trafficking.

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One area covered in the stuff (well, kind of) is the Sahara desert. While famous for its ... with settlements and fortresses from lost civilizations being discovered throughout the years.

Paul Sereno, the longtime University of Chicago professor and so-called Indiana Jones of paleontology, a finder of lost ... civilization that lived some 10,000 years ago in what is now the Sahara ...

They are uncovering the traces of a human civilization that lived some 10,000 years ago in what is now the Sahara Desert. For more information, also see Africa’s Lost World and NigerHeritage.

The Eye of the Sahara, also known as the Richat structure, stands out like an oversized ammonite among the sand dunes of the Sahara desert in Mauritania ... Atlantis — a "lost" island ...

It’s been happening even in the highlands of Chile for far too long, where off-roaders driving out of bounds have caused “irreversible” damage to ancient art carved into the desert itself ...