Tag Deserts

Gobi Desert, China

The Gobi Desert is the fourth largest desert in the world, stretching from northern China to southern Mongolia. This expression is well-established in Japan, but Gobi…

The White Desert ,Egypt

The White Desert is located near the Bahariya Oasis, about 300 kilometers southwest of Cairo, the capital of Egypt. The true nature of the whiteness…

Pyramids Egypt

Pyramids, Egypt

      The pharaohs commissioned the construction of the pyramids in the city of Giza around 5,000 years ago because they imagined themselves to be gods…

White Desert, Egypt

Sahara el Beyda, the White Desert Protected Area, is a national park in Egypt, first established as a protected area in 2002. It is located…

Chelly Canyon, Arizona, USA

Chelly Canyon, Arizona, USA

Canyon de Chelly National Monument was established on April 1, 1931 as a unit of the National Park Service. It is located in northeastern Arizona…

Monument Valley, Utah, USA

Monument Valley, Utah, USA

Monument Valley (Navajo: Tsé Biiʼ Ndzisgaii, meaning valley of the rocks) is a region of the Colorado Plateau characterized by a cluster of vast sandstone…

Sphinx, Egypt

Sphinx, Egypt

A sphinx (Arabic: أبو الهول, Greek: Σφίγξ /sphinx/, Bœotian: Φίξ /Phix) is a mythical creature with, as a minimum, the body of a lion and…

Shiprock Rock, New Mexico

Shiprock Rock, New Mexico

Shiprock (Navajo: Naatʼáanii Nééz) is a census-designated place (CDP) in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States, on the Navajo reservation. The population was 8,156…

The Nile, Egypt

The Nile, Egypt

The Nile (Arabic: النيل‎, Eg. en-Nīl, Std. an-Nīl; Ancient Egyptian: Ḥ’pī and Iteru) is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa, generally regarded as the…