The Nile has long been the central lifeline of civilizations in northeastern Africa, shaping settlement, agriculture, and ...

A small, newly uncovered document from ancient Dongola is reshaping what historians know about a little-understood period in ...

At the base of a granite hill in northern Malawi, beneath a rock overhang that has sheltered people for millennia, ...

The South Asian summer monsoon sustains billions of people today. For a long time, the prevailing scientific view has held ...

What follows is part of a short chronological series on African and African American History. The educational system in the United States does not always offer a balanced history of Africa which is ...

Burned bone fragments found in northern Malawi have revealed the oldest cremation pyre ever found in Africa — and unearthed new mysteries that may be hard to solve. By analyzing the bones and pyre ...

Important, previously unrecognized genetic changes common to all ancient and modern Homo sapiens spread in Africa more than 300,000 years ago, a new study finds. After that, the same investigation ...

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Archaeologists recently uncovered extraordinary artifacts from an ancient African Christian community in Israel, according to officials. The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced the finds on ...

Victor Ekpuk is an internationally renowned Nigerian artist known for his artwork inspired by ancient African writing and graphic writing systems. INTERwoven TEXTures is his first solo exhibition at ...