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 ...

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 ...

A study led by researchers from Brown University finds that rainfall patterns across northern Africa remained largely stable ...

PERHAPS the history of Islam is incomplete without a mention of Egypt. This is an ancient country that has pioneered world civilisation in all ramifications. Over a span of 50 centuries, the banks of ...

The larger the dot, the more enslaved people on board. And if you pause the map and click on a dot, you’ll learn about the ship’s flag—was it British? Portuguese? French?—its origin point ...

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[Photo: Women’s History Museum Zambia] A wooden hunter’s toolbox inscribed with an ancient writing system from Zambia has been making waves on social media. “We’ve grown up being told that Africans ...

A wooden hunter’s toolbox inscribed with an ancient writing system from Zambia has been making waves on social media. "We've grown up being told that Africans didn't know how to read and write," says ...

This is the second discovery this year in the same area. Archaeological sources at the Karnak Temple confirmed that the discovered city lies between the ancient mud-brick wall built by King Thutmose ...

Through their work in education, food, and social media, they’re helping bridge Egypt and South Korea in ways both intimate and influential. Born in the city of Mansoura in Egypt’s Dakahlia ...