In West African religions, iron is a symbol associated with Ogun, the god of war, authority, iron, warriors and blacksmiths. The sphinx is a mythological creature from Ancient Egypt who had the ...

They had petroglyphs on them, some matching the ancient property symbols of the Kush ... one of the ways of thinking of some of the ancient African astronomers who had lived in the Turkana ...

Among nomadic tribes, owning a flock of cows was not the only symbol of wealth. Authentic African art and African wooden headrests and neck rests are often additional, supportive indices of status.

but also used symbols, perhaps for mortuary reasons. The evidence—found in the extensive Rising Star cave system in South Africa where the species was first identified 10 years ago—precedes ...

A set of rare and intricately carved figurines — including miniature heads of African figures fashioned ... into the multicultural fabric of the ancient Near East.

Traces of ancient empires that stretched across Africa remain in the DNA of people living on the continent, reveals a new genetics study led by UCL researchers. Published in Science Advances ...

The tiny cuts and grooves that decorate some ancient human artifacts are not just ... Today, the Levant region encompasses the land bridge between Africa and Eurasia – so naturally, it was ...