Rivers Under the Sahara By Marian CraneRivers Under the Sahara was inspired by the 1991 Rush song 'Dreamline', and one phrase from the songwriter Neal Peart: 'She's got a picture book of the rivers under the Sahara.' Modern satellite imaging and new archaeology have traced the paths of ancient river systems under the Sahara's sands. I extrapolated some of those into topographical views of lush rivers in desert valleys. I embroidered the text of an original poem about the first human