Before petroleum was discovered in the late 1950s, the country was considered one of the poorest nations in the world.

Researchers documented the first spotted hyena in Egypt for 5,000 years after it was hit with a pickup truck for killing goats.

North Africa is home to the greatest desert on Earth, the Sahara. This vast wilderness, the size of the United States, is the toughest part of the African continent – the sun rules mercilessly here.

Africa has nine deserts in total but none are arguably as famous as the Sahara. The Sahara is the largest hot desert on Earth ... Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Mali ...

Sand dunes in the Sahara desert in Africa. The Sahara Desert is the world ... Aswan Dam, across the river Nile in Egypt, is the world's largest embankment dam. A dam is a barrier that blocks ...

For those who find themselves awed by arid landscapes, there’s no place like Africa ... Oasis (Egypt) The Macedonian king and military mastermind famously trekked across the desert in 332 ...

Whether you’re exploring pyramids in Egypt, eating authentic cuisine in Morocco or embracing sandy adventures in the Sahara Desert, North Africa and the Middle East offers an abundance of ...