A system of thousands of ridges and canals across a floodplain in southern Iraq has long been believed to be the remnant of a ...

The enslaved people carried out a famous large-scale revolt in Iraq in 869 AD under the Abbasid state, known today as the ...

A system of thousands of ridges and canals across a floodplain in southern ... as the "Zanj," a medieval Arabic term for the East African Swahili coast, although there are different theories ...

The city of "Los Abuelos" takes its name from two human-like sculptures of an "ancestral couple" found at the site.

Perhaps the most awe-inspiring of these are the last remaining of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Great Pyramid of Giza, in Egypt. This should come as no surprise. Africa has an extensive ...

Apr. 9, 2025 — In a cave overlooking the ocean on the southern coast of South Africa, archaeologists discovered thousands of stone tools, created by ancient humans roughly 20,000 years ago.

Scientists have found new evidence for how our fossil human relatives in South Africa may have used their ... in 2015 deep within the Rising Star Cave system and dated to around 250,000 years ...

The Cape Town-born artist has spent decades visiting many of the thousands of ancient rock art sites that dot South Africa, in order to meticulously produce millimeter-accurate copies of humanity ...

Although the complete canal system’s opening will be delayed, the canal is remaining open to boaters longer this year to allow for the 200th anniversary celebrations to occur. One of the ...

CAIRO, May 13 (Reuters) - Egypt's Suez Canal will offer a 15% discount on transit fees for container ships with net tonnage of at least 130,000 metric tons, to encourage trade back now the ...