Encased in the verdant oasis, the caravan town of Zagora sits separated ... exploring Morocco's desolate southern dunes and the Sahara Desert. Find a guide wrapped in an indigo tagelmust (or ...

"He knew how to make the salt caravan to Bilma ... threats of al Qaeda and drug smuggling in the Sahara, they needed to enlist the Tuareg. "The desert has no secrets from the Tuareg," he said ...

the Earth's slow orbital 'wobble' transformed today's Sahara desert to a land covered with vegetation and lakes. Aa Aa Aa As he crossed by caravan from Tripoli to Timbuktu in the mid 1800s ...

Today, the Sahara is decidedly arid ... Traders, often with camel caravans in tow, braved the harsh desert terrain to move ...

Desert caravans were the source of Chinguetti's economic ... But such preservation efforts won't forestall the inevitable, as the Sahara continues to creep southward. Desertification has been ...