The silent, weathered stones of the Great Wall of China and the majestic, mortarless granite enclosures of Great Zimbabwe stand as enduring testaments to the ingenuity, resilience, and sophisticated ...

A 2017 astronaut photo shows the islands of Dek and Daga lurking in the murky, algae-infested waters of Ethiopia's Lake Tana.

Beneath the mosaic floors of Roman villas, an ingenious system of underfloor heating transformed warmth into a mark of power ...

In the slaveholding South, ancient Egypt and its pharaohs became a way to justify slavery. For abolitionists and African Americans, biblical Egypt served as a symbol of bondage and liberation.

The same Europe that painted God and Adam white also painted Africa dark — the myth of the “Dark Continent” was the secular echo of the religious lie that holiness and whiteness were the same. These ...

The recent analysis of a 4.4-million-year-old ankle bone in Ethiopia showed that the ancient species Ardipithecus ramidus may ...

Sedimentary rocks have unveiled a fascinating chapter in Earth’s geological history, revealing ancient ocean floor cooling.

The Princeton University Art Museum opens its David Adjaye-designed building, measuring some 146,000 square feet, on October ...

It started with her childhood love of animals and all the books she read; and continued with meeting Mary & Dr. Louis Leaky and befriending the chimp at Gombe in Tanzania she named David Greybeard.

Director-General of the African International Documentary and Festival Foundation (AFIDFF), Malame Mangzha, has reaffirmed the organisation’s commitment to ...

The energy on opening day felt less like a post-Brexit correction and more like the city snapping back into its golden ...