Archaeologists deconstructed these monumental ancient graves scattered across the desert of eastern Africa and found several ...

A gold rush has broken out in the Sahara in recent years. Thousands of young Africans are digging in the sea of sand with ...

Tick off 15 African countries – among them, Gabon, Sao Tome and Principe and Liberia – on a 37-day cruise up the west coast, ...

The burial chamber most likely belonged to a ruler in a line of kings once lost to history, researchers said. “It’s a new ...

Since the Victorians developed an obsession with ancient Egypt, archaeologists have talked about solving 'the riddle of the ...

According to the Met Office long-range forecast for the UK, which covers April 9, the nation is set for some "cold nights" as ...

Meanwhile, the launch of the inaugural Bukhara Biennial later this year will mark a pivotal moment in the country’s emergence ...

The discovery shines further light on the pivotal role played by the Maghreb in shaping societies along Africa's ...

Ancient records described Neapolis as home to a significant commercial port, yet repeated archaeological excavations failed to locate any remnants of such a structure. The missing port was one of ...

The specimens found at Qubbet el Hawa belong to two species: the Nile crocodile and the West African crocodile ... across their range in Africa. Animals in ancient Egypt were mummified for ...

Genetic studies have only recently tested this reconstruction in North Africa. This has never been done in the eastern Maghreb (modern-day Tunisia and eastern Algeria) – until now. As an Africanist ...

Most prehistoric Europeans had dark skin, hair and eyes well into the Iron Age, about 3,000 years ago, new research finds. Scientists found that the genes that cause lighter skin, hair and eyes ...