Archaeologists discovered a walled city in the northern Saudi Arabian desert that was likely home to 500 people as far back as 2,400 B.C. The experts believe the city’s roughly 1,000 years of use ...

National Geographic defines an oasis as an area made fertile by a source of freshwater in an otherwise dry and arid region.

The discovery of a 4,000-year-old fortified town hidden in an oasis in modern-day Saudi Arabia reveals how life at the time ...

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Approximately 100 to 200 mm of water fell upon the dry desert, flooding and altering its sun-kissed hued landscape and arid climate, turning it into a tropical oasis with lake beds and lush ...

"Water is the lifeblood of our Oasis here in the valley ... including "a fertile or green area in an arid region (such as a ...

The heavy rain dramatically altered the desert’s scenery, turning barren stretches into shimmering bodies of water. Palm trees now cast reflections across newly formed lagoons, while sand dunes ...

A French-Saudi research team unearthed the 4,000-year-old hidden town – named al-Natah – within the walled oasis of Khaybar, a fertile land surrounded by desert in the northwest of the Arabian ...

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The remains of the town, dubbed al-Natah, were long concealed by the walled oasis of Khaybar, a green and fertile speck surrounded by desert in the northwest of the Arabian Peninsula. Then an ...