Ancient Walls of Benin Were Four times longer than walls of china In Benin, the capital city of present-day Edo State stood the walls of Benin (800 – 1400AD) which are the longest ancient earthworks in the world and apparently the largest man-made structure on earth. The walls are a set of earthworks comprising of banks and …

The most dangerous place on Earth 100 million years ago The world feels like a scary place these days, but a recently published paleontology study helps put things in perspective. A review of 100 years of fossil evidence reveals that 100 million years ago a portion of the Sahara Desert was arguably the most dangerous …

700,000 Ancient African Books survived in Timbuktu University, Mali Many writers on African history did not believe until recently that African societies had any sort of tradition of writing. This idea has gradually lost recognition since the rediscovery of ancient collections of manuscripts, some dating back to at least the 8th century A.D. In present-day …

Inscribed Temple Blocks Unearthed in Heliopolis The Egyptian-German mission has uncovered a collection of decorated blocks and fragments from the King Nactanebo I temple at the Matariya archaeological site in Heliopolis. The discovery was made several weeks ago during excavation work at the central area of the temple. The blocks and fragments are made of basalt …

Fossil of early hominid child who died almost 250,000 years ago found in South Africa The fossil remains of an early hominid child who died almost 250,000 years ago have been discovered in a cave in South Africa by a team of international and South African researchers. The team announced the discovery of a partial skull and …

A mummy discovered in a vast burial ground of Egypt’s pharaohs could change how ancient history is understood A new analysis of an ancient Egyptian mummy suggests that advanced mummification techniques were used 1,000 years earlier than previously believed, rewriting the understood history of ancient Egyptian funerary practices. The discovery centres around a mummy, known …

New Discoveries Found Under Demolished Historic Palace In Egypt – Al-Monitor An Egyptian archaeological mission working on the site of the Tawfiq Pasha Andraos Palace – which was recently demolished – unveiled a number of amphoras and lamps dating from the Byzantine era. Mustafa Waziri, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said on October …

Newly named human species may be the direct ancestor of modern humans Live Science reports that paleoanthropologist Mirjana Roksandic of the University of Winnipeg and her colleagues suggest renaming some human ancestors after examining fossils dating from 774,000 to 129,000 years ago. The newly proposed species, Homo bodoensis — which lived more than half a …

Giant ram head statues found on ‘Avenue of Sphinxes’ in Egypt Three giant statues of ram heads — at least one of which had a cobra on top — have been discovered south of Karnak Temple in Luxor, Egyptologists announced.  Karnak Temple was built between roughly 4,000 and 2,000 years ago, and much of it …