The World Beneath the Sand: How Egypt’s Caves Reveal the Lost Sahara That Helped Create Civilization

Hidden deep within Egypt’s deserts are caves that preserve the memory of vanished lakes, forgotten peoples and a world that disappeared thousands of years before the first pyramid rose at Giza In the spring of 1933, Hungarian explorer and aviator László Almásy was navigating the remote cliffs and sandstone valleys of Egypt’s Gilf Kebir plateau […] The post The World Beneath the Sand: How Egypt’s Caves Reveal the Lost Sahara That Helped Create Civilization appeared first on The Middle East Observer.