Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple have given experts more clues about the ancient metropolis of Eridu.

A new study posits that the vast, arid landscape of the Arabian desert once fostered grasslands and savannahs and featured a giant lake. (Wikipedia pic) One of the world’s largest deserts was ...

Recent research suggested the so-called Empty Quarter, the vast desert of the Arabian Peninsula, had been in place for at least 11 million years, making it one of the largest biogeographic barriers on ...

The Saharo-Arabian Desert is one of the largest biogeographic barriers on Earth, limiting the dispersal of early humans and animals between Africa and Eurasia. Recent research suggested the desert had ...

Isotope analyses of limestone cave deposits reveal recurrent humid intervals in the Saharo-Arabian Desert over the last eight million years. Dripstones reveal: The Saharo-Arabian Desert experienced ...

The Saharo-Arabian Desert is one of the largest biogeographic barriers on Earth, limiting the dispersal of early humans and animals between Africa and Eurasia. Recent research suggested the desert had ...

These wet spells created fertile ecosystems across the Arabian Peninsula, starkly contrasting with today’s harsh desert environment. According to the study, the Saudi desert—currently one of the world ...

The Arabian Desert, today the largest expanse of windswept sand dunes on Earth, experienced recurring periods of humidity millions of years ago, researchers report April 9 in Nature. The study may ...

The picture shows a cave in the north of Saudi Arabia. The Saharo-Arabian Desert experienced repeated wetter periods over the past eight million years. Wetter conditions favoured the exchange of ...

Based on a climatic record from desert speleothems, researchers show recurrent humid intervals in the central Arabian interior over the past 8 million years. (Paul Breeze/The Green Arabia Project) (CN ...

The Saharo-Arabian Desert is one of the largest biogeographic barriers on Earth, limiting the dispersal of early humans and animals between Africa and Eurasia. Recent research suggested the desert ...

Based on a climatic record from desert speleothems, researchers show recurrent humid intervals in the central Arabian interior over the past 8 million years. A new study published in Nature ...