Sahara Took 3,000 Years to Form
	Today, Sahara is a huge desert area, with erratic dunes (ergs) and plains covered by rugged rocks (hamada), punctuated by mountains with heights of up to 3,400 m (11,000 ft), covering 8.8 million square kilometers (3.3 million square miles), a surface bigger than that of Australia. At great distances one from another, one can find modest bursts of life, the oases. This desert is supposed to be at least 2.5 million years old. During the las ... [read more >>]
	09 May 2008, 05:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

A Wonder of Sahara: Mzab
	At the beginning of the 17th century, a Berber tribe took refuge in a totally arid area in the heart of Sahara, 400 mi (640 km) south of Alger. The oued (temporary desert river) called Mzab, which irrigates the plateau and the dry valleys once a year, gave its name to the region and the people established here[A ... [read more >>]
	11 April 2008, 09:23GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Tuareg: the Blue People
	The Tuareg makes you think about freedom, power and the vastness of the desert; Wolkswagen found its inspiration in the qualities of the proud nation of the Sahara. The Berbers, together with the ancient Egyptians, are the oldest group which settled in North Africa, coming about 10,000 years ago from southwestern Asia. The word "Berber" comes from Latin "barbarus" (barbarian), as most of them were never part of the ... [read more >>]
	26 June 2007, 16:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia