The United Nations cultural organisation has added a remote Aboriginal site featuring one million carvings that potentially date back 50,000 years to its World Heritage list. Located on the Burrup ...

A rock art panel near Aswan, Egypt, may depict a rare example of an elite individual from the First Dynasty, shedding light ...

Almost Unknown, The Afric-American Picture Gallery,” on view at the Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, presents—for the ...

The Kgodumodumo Dinosaur Interpretation Centre has officially opened, allowing visitors to explore the continent’s ancient history where dinosaur embryos were discovered.

This Ancient African Grain Could Change the Way We Drink Beer Brewmaster Garrett Oliver and chef Pierre Thiam are betting big on fonio.

President Trump shared photos from the wrong country this week to prove his false claims that white farmers are being systemically killed in South Africa.

South African Stephen Townley Bassett creates detailed replicas of rock art using traditional materials and methods, including blood, porcupine quills, and ostrich eggshells.

A set of rare and intricately carved figurines — including miniature heads of African figures fashioned from black wood and bone — have been discovered in 1,500-year-old Christian graves of ...

Six ancient African nations that shaped the World Africa is home to some of the world’s oldest civilizations—nations whose histories span thousands of years, built on foundations of resilience ...

From the 16th to the 19th centuries, the kingdom of Kaabu dominated a swath of West Africa that included modern-day Guinea-Bissau. The stories of its royalty and reign have been told for ...

In a cave overlooking the ocean on the southern coast of South Africa, archaeologists discovered thousands of stone tools, created by ancient humans roughly 20,000 years ago. By examining tiny ...

Ancient DNA from the Takarkori rock shelter has revealed an isolated group of humans who lived for tens of thousands of years in northern Africa. While their relatives spread around the world and ...