Showing posts with the label Libya

The Great Man-Made River of Libya

Jul 17, 2015

One of the biggest civilian development project that Libya’s ex-president Muammar Gaddafi undertook during his forty-two-year rule was the G...

The Mysterious Libyan Desert Glass

Apr 20, 2015

Between the borders of Egypt and Libya is the Great Sand Sea, an enormous sandy desert that stretches about 650 km from north to south and 3...

The Lakes of Ubari Sand Sea

Apr 4, 2015

The Ubari Sand Sea is a vast area of towering sand dunes in the Fezzan region of south-western Libya. But 200,000 years ago, this was a wet ...

Qasr Al Haj: An Ancient Bank Vault

Feb 17, 2014

One of the finest example of Berber architecture is “Qasr Al Haj”, located on the Tripoli-'Aziziya-Al Jawf route in Libya about 130 km f...

Waw an Namus: An Oasis in a Volcanic Crater

Sep 3, 2013

Waw an Namus is an extinct volcanic crater located in one of the remotest destinations in Libya, deep in the Sahara desert almost at its geo...

The Old Town of Ghadames

Mar 29, 2013

Ghadames, known as the “pearl of the desert”, is an oasis town in the Nalut District of the Tripolitania region in southwestern Libya. It is...