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Messerschmitt Bf 109 Desert Colours
A Messerschmitt Bf 109 (ME-109), the principal German fighter plane of the Second World War (1939-45). Shown with desert camouflage. Taken at the Flying Legends airshow in 2015.
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Desert Drawing and Safaitic Inscription
Safaitic inscription with an image of a Bactrian camel carved on a desert rock. The detailed drawing indicates that the scribe has seen this type of Asian camel, probably along the trade route with China. First century BCE to fourth century...
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Desert Cottontail Rabbit
The Desert Cottontail Rabbit, found in the western regions of the United States.
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Egyptian Desert Hare Hunting
An Egyptian servant is carrying two desert hares as offering to Nebamun, a rich Egyptian accountant. This photo is a detail of a larger procession of agricultural offerings. From the tomb of Nebamun (c. 1350 BCE). British Museum, London...
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The Desert Pearls - Safaitic Inscriptions
Ancient Safaitic inscriptions in the Jordan desert and contemporary paintings by the artist Rawan Al Adwan.
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How the Ice Stupas of Ladakh Bring Water to the Himalayan Desert
In the Ladakh region of northwestern India's Himalayas, residents have taken the fight for water into their own hands. With glaciers melting and retreating because of climate change, the impending drought threatens to destroy their livelihoods...
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Can Ice Stupas Solve the Water Crisis in the Himalayan Desert?
Meet the engineers who build glaciers from scratch to help isolated villages in Ladakh, the northern most province of India.
Sonam Wangchuk’s team hope that when the man-made sculptures melt, they will provide water in times of need.
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Kingdom of Kanem
The Kingdom of Kanem (aka Kanim) was an ancient African state located in modern-day Chad, which flourished from the 9th to 14th century CE. With its heartland in the centre of the African continent on the eastern shores of Lake Chad, the...
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Gertrude Bell - Britain's 'Queen of the Desert
Gertrude Bell was a global adventurer, linguist, spy, archaeologist, and much more. She was responsible for defining the borders of modern-day Iraq, and founded the country's first museum. However, her own family home in Redcar has fallen...
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Beneath Iran's Dusty Desert Lie Ancient Water Tunnels Still in Use | National Geographic
Thousands of years ago, Persians created an ingenious system to provide water across their arid landscape. They tapped aquifers at the heads of valleys and designed tunnels that utilized gravity to send the water to settlements. It's now...