The Imago Mundi, the oldest known world map, offers a rare glimpse into the way ancient Babylonians viewed their world. Carved onto a clay tablet around the 5th century BCE, it was uncovered in ...

A University of Kansas researcher recently published a reexamination of ancient human migratory routes from Africa, where homo sapiens first evolved, based on a newly improved glacial isostatic ...

North Africa: Ancient DNA Reveals Maghreb Communities Preserved Their Culture and Genes, Even in a Time of Human Migration. 12 March 2025. The Conversation Africa (Johannesburg) ...

This ancient city has a history that stretches back nearly three millennia and it was once the heart of a powerful Mediterranean empire until its major demise by the Romans.

Explores the great African cities and their wealth and industry. Gates explores the power of Africa’s greatest ancient cities, including Kilwa, Great Zimbabwe and Benin City, whose wealth, art ...