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The Dufuna Canoe was discovered in 1987 by a Fulani cattle herder a few kilometers from the village of Dufuna in the Fune Local Government Area of Yobe State, Nigeria, near the Komadugu Gana River. The canoe was dated at 8,500 to 8,000 years old by radiocarbon dating of a sample of charcoal found near the site, linking the site …

The Great Pyramid of Giza (also known as the Pyramid of Khufu or the Pyramid of Cheops) is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids that make up the Giza pyramid complex, which borders modern-day Giza in Egypt. It is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, as well as the only one that has been …

Archeologists have discovered “large stone villages” in the Tichitt-Walata Region of Mauritania dating from 1100 BC. The villages consisted of approximately circular interlinked streets. Dhar Tichitt is in the southwestern Sahara Desert area in Mauritania a Neolithic historical site. It is one of many settlement sites in the region along the sandstone cliffs. The cliffs were inhabited by pastoralists from …

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, …

Did you know that there are more pyramids outside Egypt? The undisputed kings of the pyramid-building world, in number at least, were from the Kush Empire. The truth is that pyramids at Meroe, modern Sudan, were built between 2,700 and 2,300 years ago. This civilisation arose after the fall of the 24th Dynasty of Egypt in c.1000 BC, and ruled …

At the height of Ancient Egypt, its bustling capital was Thebes, 419 miles south of Cairo where the modern settlement of Luxor now stands. Known to the Egyptians as Wase (‘City of the Sceptre’) or Nowe (‘City of Amon [an important god]’), Thebes was founded around 4,000 BC. Long-associated with royalty, Thebes blossomed into a sprawling metropolis during the Eleventh …

Ile Ife is a former Yoruba city in Southwest Nigeria, it is also known as Ife. Ile Ife is said to have been recorded in about 500 B.C. When it was founded, and is Yoruba’s oldest city. IFE became part of Osun State and has an estimated population of 501,000 people. Ife is center to one of the most highly regarded universities …

The nearly complete bronze statue dubbed the Monument of the African Renaissance in November. The statue symbolizes the triumph of African liberation from centuries of ignorance, intolerance and racism, and he hopes it will rival the Statue of Liberty and the Eiffel Tower in Paris as a tourist destination. Renaissance Monument in West Africa – Senegal is a colossal structure …

Al Quaraouiyine University, Fez in Morocco West African, is the world’s oldest continuous operating university. It is no wonder, with its tradition of invention and education, that Africa holds oldest university in Morocco, which is run continuously. The University of Al Quaraouiyine, Fez, was founded way back in 859 AD by a Tunisian woman, Fatima al-Fihri. Al-Fihri spent her generous …

The Egyptian-Hittite peace treaty, also considered the Silver Treaty/Everlasting Treaty, is the only treaty in its former existence to take precedence both parties. It is the world’s earliest peace treaty that was discovered in Egypt in 1828 and in Hittite in 1906. Egyptian-Hittite peace treaty was signed in 1259 BC to put end to longest war over lands of Eastern …