First Insight Into 3,500-Year-Old Cuisine Of The Enigmatic Nok Culture
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, in co-operation with colleagues from Goethe University, Frankfurt, has uncovered the first insights into the origins of West African plant-based cuisine, locked inside pottery fragments dating back some 3,500 years ago. West African cuisine has long been known for its […]
230,000-Year-Old Human Remains Discovered In Eastern Africa – Rewrite Ancient History
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The age of the oldest fossils in eastern Africa widely recognized as representing our species, Homo sapiens, has long been uncertain. Now, dating of a mᴀssive volcanic eruption in Ethiopia reveals they are much older than previously thought. The remains—known as Omo I—were found in Ethiopia in the late 1960s, and […]
Ancient Stone Monoliths In Ethiopia Are 1,000 Years Older Than Previously Thought
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Rising as high as 20 feet, ancient stone monoliths in southern Ethiopia are 1,000 years older than scientists previously thought, according to a new study in the Journal of African Archaeology. A Washington State University research team used advanced radiocarbon dating to determine the often phallic-shaped monoliths, or stelae, at the […]
Ancient Tombs Arranged In The Image Of A Galaxy Discovered In Sudan
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – No matter what place or time, people have always studied the stars and other celestial objects. Archaeologists have discovered thousands of years old tombs in Sudan that were deliberately arranged in the image of a galaxy. This important finding sheds light on the burial customs in this area along with […]
Benin Bronze Sculpture Looted By British Soldiers In Nigeria – Returns Home
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The University of Aberdeen is to return a Benin bronze – a sculpture looted by British soldiers in Nigeria in one of the most notorious examples of the pillaging of cultural treasures ᴀssociated with 19th-century European colonial expansion. Thousands of metal and ivory sculptures and carvings were looted by British […]
First Human Culture Lasted 20,000 Years Longer Than Thought – New Study
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Homo sapiens emerged in Africa around 300 thousand years ago, where their fossils are found with the earliest cultural and technological expressions of our species. The last populations to preserve tool-making traditions first established by the earliest members of our species, lived some 11 thousand years ago, in Africa’s furthest west. […]
Why Is Africa Called Africa?
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – We read about historical places and events without thinking about what’s behind a name. For example, we can ask – Why is Africa called Africa? How did the African continent get its name? After Asia, Africa is the world’s second-largest continent. There are 54 countries and territories in Africa, and […]