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Analysis casts doubt on ancient drying of northern Africa's climate, raising new questions about early human evolution
A study led by researchers from Brown University finds that rainfall patterns across northern Africa remained largely stable ...
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The world’s oldest map of the night sky was amazingly accurate
It’s part of the 10th- or 11th-century A.D. Codex Climaci Rescriptus, a collection of parchments from St. Catherine’s monastery in Egypt with monastic writings in Syriac, an ancient language ...
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The war in Sudan is spilling over its borders
W hen the Sudanese Armed Forces ( SAF) recaptured Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, in March, some of the army’s supporters thought ...
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Open courtyards in ancient and modern Egypt
Last week, Egyptologist Fatma Keshk gave a lecture at the French Institute for Oriental Archaeology (IFAO) in Cairo on courtyards in ancient Egypt. This talk was based on Keshk’s PHD titled ...
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Sudan war ropes in each of its neighbours
The growing foreign involvement in Sudan’s civil war could turn localised battles into a ...
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In Photos: 8 chambers discovered inside Sahure’s Pyramid in Abusir Necropolis
The work began in 2019 and is supported by the Antiquities Endowment Fund (AEF) of the American Research Centre in Egypt (ARCE ... detail and comprehensively map its external and internal ...
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The Megalithic Circles of Senegambia: Witnesses to Ancient African Civilizations
The Senegambian stone circles stand as one of the most remarkable archaeological legacies in West Africa, spread across parts of present-day Senegal and The Gambia. These megalithic monuments offer ...