In the heart of Bamako, architect Mariam Sy is leading a quiet revolution – one handful of earth at a time. Her vision merges ...

Olive farming in Africa is a millennia-old tradition; in fact, some of the farms in North Africa are more than two thousand ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Ancient DNA dating to between 16,000–18,000 years ago—the oldest human DNA to be extracted in Africa so far—reveals that populations of ...

This ancient city has a history that stretches back nearly three millennia and it was once the heart of a powerful ...

They included the oldest ancient DNA from the region to date, from two individuals who lived around 10,000 years ago. The ...

An archaeological disscovery has shed light on the ingenuity of Ptolemais's ancient inhabitants and offers a glimpse into ...

Burials at Mount Hora in Malawi yielded DNA used in the study DNA from ancient remains has been used to reconstruct thousands of years of population history in Africa. Researchers sequenced the ...

1225-1285. We do not know where in Africa he originated from. But it is possible that his presence in the monastery is linked to the medieval church’s international connections. Or he may be ...

Yemen has historically served as an important crossroads between Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Levant. Ancient involvement in spice and incense trade networks connected Yemen to Egypt ...

Among nomadic tribes, owning a flock of cows was not the only symbol of wealth. Authentic African art and African wooden headrests and neck rests are often additional, supportive indices of status.