More than 4,000 years ago, Egypt and Mesopotamia stood as two of the most complex societies on the planet. But the new DNA ...

Researchers have sequenced the genome of an ancient Egyptian who was buried in a pot nearly 5,000 years ago, about the time ...

Researchers from the Francis Crick Institute and Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) have extracted and sequenced the ...

The watermelon has long inspired artists, such as Giuseppe Recco's Still Life With Fruit (1634-1695). The first color sketches of the red-fleshed, sweet watermelon in Europe can be found in a ...

Farmers, kings, and traders : the people of southern Africa, 200-1860 by Hall, Martin, 1952- Publication date 1990 Topics Africa, Southern -- History -- To 1899 Publisher Chicago : University of ...

Civilizations from Stone Age Scotland to the eighth-century Maya to 13th-century African empires have used dry stone walling ...

A new study from SapienCE reveals that early modern humans at Blombos Cave in South Africa used ochre as a specialized tool for stone toolmaking during the Middle Stone Age, demonstrating advanced ...

The study questions the long-held belief that northern Africa became arid around 3 million years ago, which coincides with ...

This belief has given the city an enduring religious significance, especially since the 4th century, when King Ezana ... independent African state that engaged confidently with the wider ancient world ...

New research revealing that ancient Africa's climate was unexpectedly rainy, challenging previous theories about human ...

The Manhyia Palace in Kumasi was transformed into a magnificent image of African royalty and tradition on Thursday, ...

Archaeologists in Stratonikeia, Turkey, uncovered a rare Greco-Roman library, revealing ancient architecture and centuries of ...