Jeddah, April 9, 2025, SPA -- A recent scientific study conducted by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) has revealed that the Rub' al-Khali ... enabled human expansion across ...

The Rub' al-Khali desert was thought to be an endless sea of sand, but one 1998 discovery has shed light on a 5,000-year-old ...

Desert hiking trails promise unique landscapes and challenges to adventurers yearning for solitude and natural beauty ...

During the late stages of the last ice age, the Arabian Desert wasn't always the dry expanse you know today. In fact, recent ...

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

In 2024, a team of researchers from Abu Dhabi’s Khalifa University developed an A.I. algorithm that could survey the Rub al-Khali, a 250,000 square mile dessert on the Arabian Peninsula ...

An international team including UNIGE reveals that the Arabian Peninsula desert once hosted a vast lake and rivers, which shaped its geography. The Empty Quarter (Rub al-Khali), the vast desert of the ...

“Beneath Rub Al-Khali’s desolate sands lies a vibrant past of lakes ... which enabled human expansion across the Arabian Peninsula. This study is part of KAUST’s broader effort to understand climate, ...

Riyadh: Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz announced Wednesday the discovery of natural gas fields and other resources in the Eastern Province and the Rub' Al Khali.

A new study reconstructing the Arabian Peninsula’s ancient past ... where the water table is just below the sand in Oman's Rub al Khali desert. Petraglia is a senior author of the study ...