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 ...

A recent study by Dr. Ignacio Montero-Ruiz and his colleagues examined the provenance of ancient ... of Africa and the Swahili coast helped introduce gold, tin, bronze, and brass metallurgy ...

Many ancient civilisations have emerged throughout ... The oldest nation in Africa, Liberia, became an independent nation on July 26, 1847, following its founding as a British colony in 1822.

Ancient Ghana derived power and wealth from ... The route taken by traders of the Maghreb to Ghana started in North Africa in Tahert, coming down through Sjilmasa in Southern Morocco.

North Africa. (photo credit: Pawel Kazmierczak. Via Shutterstock) A study published in Nature revealed insights into the genetic legacy of ancient inhabitants of the Green Sahara. Researchers ...

Archaeologists using laser technology have rediscovered an ancient city outside South Africa's commercial capital of Johannesburg. The settlement, which dates back to the 15th Century, was home to ...

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 ...