A brand new lizard species with a hieroglyphic pattern on its back has been discovered among the sand dunes in eastern Iran. The discovery, which was detailed in a study in the journal Zootaxa on ...

In Egypt, that black sand comes from the Nile River, and accumulates on beaches in the form of sediments or sand dunes as a result of the collision of the Nile water with the Mediterranean waters. It ...

The dunes' resemblance to ancient Egypt inspired director Cecil B DeMille to use the location as a filming site (Credit: Nature, food, landscape, travel/Getty Images) ...