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Al Jazeera on MSN1h
Ancient Aboriginal rock art, African sites make UNESCO World Heritage list
Cameroon’s Mandara Mountains and Malawi’s Mount Mulanje were also added to the latest edition of the UNESCO World Heritage list. UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay has presented Africa as a ...
Scientists Sequence First Genome From Ancient Egypt, Revealing 4,800-Year-Old Secrets
The first full ancient Egyptian genome reveals ancestry from both North Africa and Mesopotamia. The individual likely worked ...
France 2411h
The Bright Side: 3,000 year-old Sahara dance competition stands the test of time
Women adorned in traditional garments and jewelry encircle men dancing with swords and elaborate head coverings in the ...
Al Arabiya English13h
In the sahara, a friendly dance competition carries on an ancient festival tradition
In one hand, the dancers hold swords symbolizing battle. In the other, a piece of cloth symbolizing peace. They dance a ...
Factinate on MSN14h
Archaeologists digging in the mists of an African waterfall have found the world’s oldest wooden structure, built before Homo sapiens evolved.
The discovery of the oldest known wooden structure at Kalambo Falls in Zambia has flung open the door into a new chapter of ...