Thebes, Egypt was once the largest city in the world in about 1500 BC
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…
African women’s hairstyles played significant role in the Ancient Africa
Hair has played an important role in the history of ancient African lifeforms. Their family, social class, beliefs, tribe, and marital status symbolized their context. Various tribes used hair as…
The Great Kingdom of Zimbabwe [1220 to 1450]
The Kingdom of Zimbabwe which is best remembered for Great Zimbabwe was one of the great African Empires. The kingdom existed from 1220 to 1450. The region of Zimbabwe was…
The Ancient Egyptians were writing around 3100BC
Ancient Egyptian writing is known as hieroglyphics and formed somewhere before the Early Dynastic Period. The idea of the written word was first created in Mesopotamia and spread through trade…
Incredible dental work found on a 4,000-year-old mummy of Ancient Egypt
Dentistry, in some form or another, has been practiced for at least 9,000 years, although tooth extraction and remedies for tooth aches probably go back much further. The study of…
African women warriors from Dahomey Kingdom (17th century) that inspired Black Panther
Share Messenger Whatsapp Tweet On the Coast of West Africa, the Dahomey Kingdom (1625 -1894) was home to the only appointed elite female warrior troop in history. In what is now modern day…
How ancient African societies used social distancing to manage pandemics
Every so often, a pandemic emerges that dramatically alters human society. The Black Death (1347-1351) was one; the Spanish flu of 1918 was another. Now there’s Covid-19. Archaeologists have long…