the desert

Petroglyphs discovered in Saudi Arabia depict hunters with a pack of hounds, some of them on leashes. ... Also, the proximity to the enigmatic structures known as "gates" and similarly dated to at least 9,000 years ago, show that Göbekli Tepe wasn't the only flourishing and coordinated culture...

If you’re a living organism, the Atacama Desert is a pretty awful place to be. It is the second driest desert in the world, with the land composed of rocks, dust, salt lakes, and lava that flows over arid surfaces towards the Andes. If anyone was to be shown a photo of it alongside a photo of...

A monolith of unknown origin has been found on the Moon in the Utah desert: News story There's a video of it at the link, if you're interested. See if you can think up a 2001: A Space Odyssey joke for it.

I haven't been able to find a thread on this but as min is 3 letters.......... azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0429clay29.html Link is dead. No archived version found. More details on the book: http://www.owlpages.com/articles/min-min/min-min_book.html...