Archaeologists have uncovered the first-ever Bronze Age settlement in North Africa’s Maghreb region, proving that local ...

Researchers have uncovered a vast and well-preserved network of ancient irrigation canals in the Eridu region of southern ...

History’s first city, at least according to the ancient text known as the Sumerian King List found on a clay tablet, was also ...

For decades, anthropologists believed that early hominins — our distant ancestors roaming Africa over a million years ago — ...

Outside of Europe, Egypt was known for its complex societies in the same time period, but the western coast of the ...

Nigeria's history dates back long before the colonial era, with some of its most significant kingdoms emerging as early as ...