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The DNA came from mummies at Takarkori during the “Green Sahara” period. Source: Museum for Prehistory and Early History / CC BY-SA 4.0.
4 APR 2025 · 3 MIN

Green Sahara Mummies Reveal a People Who Stood Apart 

The Sahara is the largest desert in the world, a vast arid wilderness stretching across north Africa. For millennia it has been a near insurmountable barrier separating the Mediterranean from the rest…
Al Khazneh in Petra: the tomb has been discovered in the “courtyard” area in the foreground. Source: Adeeb Atwan / CC BY 3.0.
14 OCT 2024 · 2 MIN

Intact Tomb Found in Petra is Straight Out of Indiana Jones

The third Indiana Jones movie is arguably the best, and its climactic set piece features a wonder of the world. Known as the Khaznah el-Far’oun, or “treasury of the pharaoh” this rose…