Criterion (iii): The ancient ferrous metallurgy sites bear exceptional testimony to a ... Douroula illustrates this first phase of iron production development in Africa, and demonstrates that the iron ...

Shifting to another region of Africa, archaeological work at early urban settlements in central and southern Ghana identified the impact of pandemics at places such Akrokrowa (AD950 – 1300) and ...

Historically, this presence has been considered over time since ancient times, to illustrate the different waves of “outflows” from Africa (African explorations ... agricultural techniques and the ...

Iron metallurgy was practised in ... The above storylines ought to form the foundations of Africa’s sustainable development today. Similarly, ancient Greek philosophers like Plato, Aristotle ...

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 ...