The desert basin that could become a new sea The starting point for this vision is geography. The Qattara Depression in Egypt’s Western Desert is a natural bowl that lies around 60 metres, 200 feet ...
CAIRO (Reuters) - It looks like a mirage but the lush fields of cauliflower, apricot trees and melon growing among a vast stretch of sand north of Cairo's pyramids is all too real -- proof of Egypt's ...