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Desert Kites
Desert kites are mega-constructions that consist of two long walls converging upon an enclosed space that has on its periphery small stone constructions called cells. Seen from the sky, their shape suggests that of a windborne kite; they...
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Antoine Court & the Church of the Desert
In March 1715, Louis XIV of France (r. 1643-1715) issued a declaration stating that all subjects of the king were also subjects of the Catholic Church. In defiance of the king's decree, Antoine Court (l. 1696-1760) gathered a small group...
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The Salt Trade of Ancient West Africa
Salt from the Sahara desert was one of the major trade goods of ancient West Africa where very little naturally occurring deposits of the mineral could be found. Transported via camel caravans and by boat along such rivers as the Niger and...
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Assembly in the Desert
Assembly in the Desert, painting by Jeanne Lombard, 1934.
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Commemorative Plaque of the 1st Synod in the Désert at Montèzes near Monoblet
Commemorative plaque of the first synod in the Désert at Montèzes near Monoblet, organized by Antoine Court in 1715.
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Sahara Desert Documentary HD - Africa's trade routes with Caravans of Gold
We always have to keep in mind that a Documentary, after all, can tell lies and it can tell lies because it lays claim to a form of veracity which fiction doesn't. Some of the documentaries are made just to discredit some particular person...
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Al Harr'a or Jordan Desert
The Jordan Desert, aka Al Harr’a Desert, the location of many c. 1000 BCE Safaitic inscriptions.
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Hagar and Ishmael in the Desert
Hagar and Ishmael in the Desert by Francois-Joseph Navez, c. 1820 CE
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
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Claude Brousson
Claude Brousson (l. 1647-1698) was a prolific writer and famous preacher after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685 when Protestantism was outlawed in France. He self-exiled to Lausanne and Holland and returned to France to preach...
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Kingdom of Kanem
The Kingdom of Kanem (aka Kanim) was an ancient African state located in modern-day Chad, which flourished from the 9th to 14th century CE. With its heartland in the centre of the African continent on the eastern shores of Lake Chad, the...