The discovery of the first batch of coffins was confirmed by Egyptian antiquities officials last month, when archaeologists found 13 of the containers in a newly discovered 11 meter deep (36 feet) well. On October 3, 2020, archaeologists discovered dozens of ancient coffins in a massive necropolis south of Cairo, Egypt’s tourism and antiques ministry said. Khalid el-Anany said at …

King Ibrahim Njoya was the ruler of Bamum, the great ethnic group in what is now western Cameroon, in 17th Century from the years of 1860 to 1933. The history of the Bamum people was preserved before his reign at the end of the 19th century, mainly through oral transmission from one generation to the other. Because of concerns about …

Tutankhamun was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh who, in the New Kingdom of Egyptian history, was the last of his royal family to rule at the end of the 18th dynasty. His father was Pharaoh Akhenaten, who was thought to be the mummy found in the KV55 tomb. This wooden sculpted head of Tutankhamun also known as the Head of Nefertem was …

The Beja people of north east Sudan and southern Egypt are living descendants of Ancient Egyptians. If you ever wondered from all the controversy what the Ancient Egyptians look like, take a good look. They are a true representation of ancient egyptians. Note most of the people of modern Egypt are descended from Arabs who invaded in the 7th centuary …

The Benin Kingdom, dating back to the 11th century, was one of the oldest and most advanced states in western Africa. Benin’s walls with their surroundings have been described as ‘the biggest earthworks in the world before the mechanical age,’ a man-made wondrous feature. In 1897, during the Punitive Expedition, the Walls of Benin, one of Africa’s ancient architectural wonders, …

Many of us may not believe this tribe is actually from India because they look Africans. Yes, because you were not told. The Jarawas are the indigenous tribe of India. They live on South Andaman and Middle Andaman Islands and they are estimated to be between 250 and 400 people today. Their contact with externals was generally disregarded, and much …

Ranavalona III was the last sovereign of the Kingdom of Madagascar. She ruled from July 30, 1883 to February 28, 1897 in a reign marked by ultimately futile efforts to resist the colonial designs of the government of France. As a young woman, she was selected from among several Andriana qualified to succeed Queen Ranavalona II upon her death. Like …

The discovery by Professor Fred Wendorf of barley, capers, chickpeas, dates, legumes and wheat cultivated in the west of Egypt. Old African tools have also been recovered. Grindstones, cooking stones and knives, scrubbers, burins, mortiers and pestles were mounted. There were graving chips. Before the Sahara became the arid and uninhibited desert, people thrived there today-according to new research, even …

The pandemic of coronavirus might have had a major leftward effect on the world economy. But that did not prevent Akon, a musicist and business mogul, from continuing to plan to build a futuristic pan-African city in his homeland, Senegal. The Locked Up singer, who spent the greatest part of his childhood in West Africa, announces in an interview with …

King Amenemhat III is considered one of the most important pharaohs of the Middle Kingdom and the 12th Dynasty. He was a resolute director, a wise politician, and a great builder. His reign was depicted as the golden period of the Middle Kingdom and the era of peace, stability and reconstruction after the wars fought by his father, King Senusert …