The vast and impossibly ancient necropolis in Saqqara in the Egyptian desert is filled with…
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Las Vegas, America’s playground, owes its rise not just to gamblers and mobsters but also…
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Beneath the unassuming surface of Coober Pedy, Australia, lies a hidden world where innovation meets…
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ArchaeologyMyths & Legends
Iram of the Pillars: The Lost City of the Sands
by Kurt Readmanby Kurt ReadmanIram of the Pillars seems like something out of an Indiana Jones movie: a lost…
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Nestled in the remote Namibian desert, Kolmanskop stands as a reminder of the impermanence of…
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ArchaeologyScience & Nature
The Yakhchal: How did Ancient Persia make Sorbet in the Desert?
by Joseph Greenby Joseph GreenDeserts, by and large, are hot places. By definition they are arid zones, but such…
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Coober Pedy, the unique underground town nestled in the heart of Australia’s opal mining industry,…
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Science & Nature
The Green Sahara: Was there a Lost Paradise under the Great Desert?
by Bipin Dimriby Bipin DimriCould the Sahara have once been green? Could the world’s largest hot desert was once…
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Archaeology
The Lost Army of Cambyses: 50,000 Men Swallowed by the Desert
by Bipin Dimriby Bipin DimriKing Cambyses II, ruler of all Persia and son of the legendary Cyrus the Great,…
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Myths & Legends
Farini’s Great Discovery: Is there a Lost City of the Kalahari?
by Bipin Dimriby Bipin DimriThe Kalahari Desert, in southern Africa, is not a hospitable place. Although nowhere near as…
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The deep central Sahara, in the African country of Niger, is a land almost beyond…
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Unexplained Mysteries
The Mysterious “Set”: An Ancient Egyptian Cryptid?
by Bipin Dimriby Bipin DimriFor anyone familiar with ancient Egypt, the pantheon of animal headed gods can easily be…