A groundbreaking study of ancient DNA reveals that all living humans descend from just three African hunter-gatherer populations around 50,000 years ago. Fossils and tools show these groups created ...

Meanwhile in Europe, Greece (c. 800–146 BCE) developed democracy, philosophy, and literature, shaping Western intellectual traditions, but Greek states were politically fragmented and prone to ...

The rise and fall of the Garamantes in what is now Libya is a cautionary tale for regions that rely on ancient groundwater. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Stories of the kingdom of Kaabu's reign have been told for generations through a kind of traditional song. Now, an archaeological dig has confirming the histories told and retold by griots. From the ...