A desert in the Middle East was thought to be a vast stretch of sand void of life - until the discovery of a 5,000-year-old ...

An astonishing secret city built 5,000 years ago by a lost civilisation has been discovered underneath an empty desert near ...

Najran, December 30, 2024, SPA -- Nestled on the western edge of Ar Rub' al-Khali (Empty Quarter) desert, where the Tuwaiq plateau meets the vast sand dunes, lies the Uruq Bani Ma'arid protected area, ...

WAM Abu Dhabi, 24th Oct. 2009 (WAM) -- Amidst the golden red sand dunes of the Liwa desert ... Situated in the Empty Quarter (Rub Al Khali), the world's largest stretch of uninterrupted desert, Qasr ...

Scientists have uncovered a lost 5,000-year-old civilization buried beneath the sands, rewriting the history of the region.

Abu Dhabi opens its arms to families – here are the very best hotels to keep all members of your family happy on holiday, ...

The sand gutters from the crest of dunes; all around, it lifts and fills the air. If there were any discernible landmarks in this portion of Rub al Khali they are lost in the haze. Yet Ms Al Mazrouei ...

In 2024, a team of researchers from Abu Dhabi’s Khalifa University developed an A.I. algorithm that could survey the Rub al-Khali ... sandstorms and changing dune patterns interfere with ...

Spanning a staggering 256 kilometres (159 miles) without a single bend, this arrow-like ribbon of highway cuts across the Rub’ al Khali, or the “Empty ... Flanked on either side by shifting dunes and ...

Signing up to a 13-day camel trek, covering 580 kilometres of vast desert from Rub’Al Khali towards Dubai ... an area aptly described as the Empty Quarter, where the sand is as red as a morning sun.

Thanks to images in publications such as this and all across the internet, we know what to expect when we arrive at Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve. But imagine the early, unsuspecting ...