Includes extensively revised and updated papers originally presented at a conference held at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London in December 2000. Introduction: Locating ancient ...

Despite the ubiquity of cats in modern homes, we still don't know many details about the timing and routes of early cat ...

Black artists have long claimed ancient Egypt as their own. Now they’re telling their stories in person on the museum’s floor. By Aruna D’Souza The artist Lorraine O’Grady once wrote of her ...

When people think of pyramids, Egypt instantly comes to mind, but few know that Sudan actually has more pyramids than Egypt.

Built during Egypt’s Fourth Dynasty, the pyramids on the Giza Plateau has been drawing visitors for thousands of years. The earliest records of tourists dates back to the 5 th century BCE, when Greek ...

Two-part The Race for Ancient Egypt in Colour focuses on Egypt in the years between the World Wars. In 1922, Howard Carter’s ...

A newly identified crocodile relative from Egypt pushes back the origins of the marine-hunting dyrosaurids by millions of years. The fossil, Wadisuchus kassabi, shows a mix of primitive and advanced ...

Africa is home to some of the world’s oldest civilizations—nations whose histories span thousands of years, built on foundations of resilience, innovation, and cultural depth. These civilizations have ...