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Sancho González-Green Archaeologist Hourig Sourouzian (in 2004, with a statue of Queen Tye just above the ... temple culture that dominated ancient life here, in which hordes of priests conducted ...
Many boots have been worn out in determining the alpine pass through which tens of thousands of foot soldiers and cavalrymen, thousands of horses and mules, and, famously, 37 African battle ...
In a cave overlooking the ocean on the southern coast of South Africa, archaeologists discovered thousands of stone tools, created by ancient humans roughly 20,000 years ago. By examining tiny ...
The African Warriors Fighting Championship (AWFC), the ... athletes will face off against international challengers in the ancient sport of Dambe. Originating in Nigeria, Dambe is a unique form ...
Today, the Sahara Desert is a hot and dry belt of sand stretching across much of northern Africa. But between 15,000 and 5,000 years ago it would have been full of rivers, plants and people. New ...
created an uplift in land that contributed to closing the ancient Tethys Sea, splitting it into what is now the Mediterranean and Arabian Seas, and created a landmass that bridged Asia and Africa ...
From the 16th to the 19th centuries, the kingdom of Kaabu dominated a swath of West Africa that included modern-day Guinea-Bissau. The stories of its royalty and reign have been told for ...