The green Sahara
The mystery of singing dunes
Master class in desert survival
Hidden waters and ancient engineering
YOUR GOAL
Master of Deserts and their surprising secrets
misslily Hidden waters and ancient engineering
Where burning desert dunes expand, Ancient Mega-Chad ruled the land.
misslily Libya's massive network of underground pipes taps into ancient fossil aquifers to supply fresh water to coastal cities.
misslily Deep beneath the Sahara lies the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer, a massive reservoir of water trapped during the last ice age.
misslily Decode the desert's whispers to discover how the Sahara once sang and bloomed with life.
Sahara fossil water age: Much of the water pumped from deep beneath the Sahara Desert fell as rain over 20,000 years ago during the ice age.
An underground irrigation channel that transports water from an aquifer to the surface in arid regions. The ancient Garamantes built hundreds of these channels to irrigate the Saharan desert around 500 BCE.
Which ancient Nabataean city in Jordan is famous for its sophisticated water-channeling systems carved into sandstone cliffs?
Which country built the 'Great Man-Made River,' a massive network of pipes carrying fossil water across the desert?
What natural source feeds the famous Huacachina oasis lagoon in the coastal desert of Peru?
What is 'fossil water,' which is often extracted from deep beneath modern deserts?
Where is the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System, the world's largest fossil water reservoir, located?