Sahara Desert Was Once Lush and Populated »

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At the end of the last Ice Age, the Sahara Desert was just as dry and uninviting as it is today. But sandwiched between two periods of extreme dryness were a few millennia of plentiful rainfall and lush vegetation.

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plowshare
July 23, 2006, 10:58 a.m.
I knew long ago about the Sahara once being lush, but it's great to know more or less when it was. The maps are especially fascinating. Two thumbs up!