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

which is now believed to be part of a 5,000-year-old civilization buried beneath the sands. Researchers have now found traces of this ancient society approximately 10 feet beneath the desert ...

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.

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.

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 ...

Once a crossroads for caravans trading across the Sahara, Kawar today is a nexus for drug and arms trafficking. The oasis of Fachi is famous for its fortress and its old town, with walls almost ...