Cameroon’s Mandara Mountains and Malawi’s Mount Mulanje were also added to the latest edition of the UNESCO World Heritage list. UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay has presented Africa as a ...

The first full ancient Egyptian genome reveals ancestry from both North Africa and Mesopotamia. The individual likely worked ...

According to ancient Buddhist texts, there are four stages between initial awakening and full enlightenment. Here, we discuss ...

Women adorned in traditional garments and jewelry encircle men dancing with swords and elaborate head coverings in the ...

In one hand, the dancers hold swords symbolizing battle. In the other, a piece of cloth symbolizing peace. They dance a ...

For more than 200 years, the São José Paquete d’Africa lay hidden off Cape Town’s shore. Its excavation in 2014 uncovered a ...

Join Medieval Historian Matt Lewis as he uncovers the world of Medieval health care, Discover the past on History Hit with ad ...

Researchers have extracted 2-million-year-old protein remains from Paranthropus robustus teeth to reveal biological sex and genetic variability.

The Cape Coast Local Accountability Network (LANet) on Wednesday reached out to hundreds of pupils with its campaign ...

Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of a Cathedral in the subterranean citadel of Old Dongola, which once was the ...

Ancient meteorite reveals a protoplanet formed in the outer Solar System earlier than thought, reshaping planet formation ...

Ancient humans in Africa changed their behaviour in a major way 70,000 years ago, which could explain how their descendants ...