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14 fossilised teeth found in Egypt’s ancient shark graveyard reveal five extinct species from the age of dinosaurs

Fossilised shark teeth from Egypt's Western Desert reveal prehistoric ocean life. Scientists discovered teeth from five extinct shark species in the Abu-Tartur Plateau region. These ancient predators inhabited warm tropical seas during the Late Cretaceous period. The findings expand the known record of shark diversity in North Africa. This discovery…

The Times of India

How engineers dreamed of turning Egypt's Qattara Depression into an endless power source

More than a century ago, engineers proposed an audacious idea for Egypt's Western Desert, cutting a canal from the Mediterranean Sea into the Qattara Depression, a vast basin sitting well below sea level, and using the resulting flow of water to generate electricity indefinitely. The concept first surfaced around 1912…

The Times of India

Darkroom find shines light on remote-learning pioneers

An exhibition shows how bilingual teaching inspired a new generation of Indigenous storytelling, and a collaboration between two of Australia's greatest bands.

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'Exquisite' illustrations show efforts to save language

An exhibition celebrates the decades-long drive by the remote Western Desert community of Papunya to keep culture and language alive.

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US actor Steve Martin backs Australian film on Indigenous art movement

Comedian announced as executive producer on Honey Ant Dreamers, about the evolution of the Papunya Western Desert art movement, to be filmed across the Northern Territory

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Reflections on Australia's last desert nomads, Pintupi Nine and Richters, and the homelands movement

The very last Aboriginal Australians to live as hunter-gatherers emerged from the Western Desert in the mid-1980s. David Scrimgeour was the first doctor to check their health.

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Apache Seeks to Pump New Investments in Egypt

US corporation Apache is scheduled to pump more investments in its concession areas in the Western Desert, announced Egypt's Petroleum and Mineral Resources Ministry. The move aims to improve the productivity of aging wells, intensify research and exploration activities and make new discoveries in light of the significant results of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Martu Youth Festival brings Indigenous sporting talent together from remote communities in WA

An annual festival of sports and culture, which brings together remote Western Desert Communities in Western Australia's north, has wrapped up it biggest year yet.

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US Apex to Ramp Up Oil Production in Egypt’s Western Desert

Apex Chairman of the Board of Directors Roger Plank held talks on Monday with Egypt’s Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Tarek El Molla. Plank said his company is currently studying the expansion of its activities in Egypt’s Western Desert by acquiring several already producing concession areas and intensifying drilling…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Wattle used for tools, food and medicine by Western Desert traditional owners for 50,000 years, study shows

Charcoal from ancient campfires suggests Australia’s floral emblem helped Indigenous people survive harsh changes in climate

The Guardian - AU

Ancient campfire in Western Desert at least 50,000 years old, archaeologists say

Analysis of charcoal from ancient campfires in Western Australia show the rock shelter was first visited at least 50,000 years ago.

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