A new study reconstructing the Arabian Peninsula’s ancient past adds clues to how early humans left the African continent.

An international team including UNIGE reveals that the Arabian Peninsula desert once hosted a vast lake and rivers, which ...

New research reveals that the Arabian Peninsula wasn’t always the barren landscape we see today, but rather cycled through repeated “green phases” that created vital corridors for animals ...

A new study uncovered how ancient land shifts allowed elephants to cross from Africa to Asia millions of years ago.

The historic district of At-Turaif – famed for its mudbrick citadel that was once the heart of the first ever Saudi state in in the mid-1700s – has been named a UNESCO World Heritage Site, while the ...

Mineral formations in caves reveal recurring periods of humidity in the Arabian Desert over the last 8 million years.

Isotope analysis of limestone cave deposits indicates repeated humid periods in the Saharo-Arabian Desert over the past eight million years. The Saharo-Arabian Desert is one of the world’s largest ...

Until now, little was known about the former climate of the Arabian Peninsula, as analyses of paleoclimate archives ... and transformed the Arabian landscape from a dry desert to habitable landscape.

This positions the Arabian Peninsula as a critical crossroads in ... s role not just as a desert expanse, but as a dynamic landscape shaped by powerful climatic forces over millions of years.

The Empty Quarter (Rub’ al-Khali), the vast desert of the Arabian Peninsula, was not always an arid landscape. A recent study by the University of Geneva (UNIGE), King Abdullah University of ...

An international team, including researchers from UNIGE, has revealed that the Arabian Peninsula’s desert was once home to a vast lake and rivers that shaped its landscape.

The lush past of the world's largest desert Date: April 7, 2025 Source: Université de Genève Summary: The vast desert of the Arabian Peninsula was not always an arid landscape. A recent study ...