Fly above Xinjiang, a vast and diverse region in western China, where rugged mountains, vast deserts, and vibrant cities merge into an extraordinary landscape. This drone footage captures the striking ...

Found at the Takarkori rock shelter in Libya, these mummies, the remains of female herders, belong to a population that defies the genetic expectations researchers had based on the region’s history.

Credit: Greg Niemann Dr. Kocher also played a large role in the birth of midcentury desert modern architecture. His brother, A. Lawrence Kocher, was a noted New York architect and managing editor of ...

known as Operation Desert Storm and how it came to set the standard for modern warfare. The story begins on August 1, 1990, as the rest of the world appears in denial that Hussein is about to ...

Between 14,800 and 5,500 years ago, during what is known as the African Humid Period, the desert known for being ... Sub-Saharan—except, upon a modern analysis, their genes didn’t reflect ...