One of the most significant shipwreck finds of recent times was made in an ostensibly unlikely place: a southwest African ...

Sanjay Bishnoi walks with his 20-odd camels across the vast grasslands of Pokhran in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. He often settles ...

The Moynaq Ship Graveyard is literally a ghost town in the middle of the desert. It was once a busy Soviet fishing port on the Aral Sea - once one of the four largest lakes in the world - but ...

"They (camel trekkers) will be deprived of any modern technology and will have to rely on the camel, the 'ship of the desert', to carry them throughout the journey," Al Qemzi said. "Many potential ...

Moynaq's many fishermen followed the lake's shrinking shores, but as the lake disappeared its salinity levels rose, killing all the fish. The town, heavily reliant on the fishing industry, slowly ...