For the first time since the boy king's tomb was discovered in 1922 all the items will stored in one place, a museum director ...

Once green, the Sahara expanded 5,500 years ago, leading ancient herders to follow the rain and grasslands south to eastern Africa. But about 2,000 years ago, their southward migration stalled out, ...

A new analysis of human remains that were buried in African archaeological sites has produced the earliest DNA from the continent, telling a fascinating tale of how early humans lived, traveled and ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - DNA extracted from the skull of a man buried 4,500 years ago in an Ethiopian cave is providing new clarity on the ancestry of modern Africans as well as shedding light on an ...

Egyptian paleontologists have unearthed Wadisuchus kassabi, an 80-million-year-old fossil revealing Africa as the birthplace ...

Traces of ancient empires that stretched across Africa remain in the DNA of people living on the continent, reveals a new genetics study. Traces of ancient empires that stretched across Africa remain ...

The recent unearthing of ancient African beads has shed new light on the extensive trading systems that existed some 4,000 years ago. These discoveries have expanded our knowledge of international ...

With each passing day the assault on all things Black increases. Ancient African proverbs offer wisdom that can give more weight to Black history lessons Ancient African proverbs offer wisdom that can ...

Wadisuchus kassabi, an ancient crocodile from Egypt, shows crocodiles lived in the sea, offering insight into reptile ...

Madagascar’s cliffs, rolling plateaus, and winding rivers weren’t shaped by a single violent event. Instead, the island’s ...