It gave rise to one of Africa’s earliest civilizations ... a field of pyramids built for the kings and queens of ancient Kush. Nuri served as the royal necropolis for the adjacent town of ...

Piye, Napata’s third king, known more commonly in ... black Africans played in an interconnected ancient world. Kush was “at the root of black African civilizations, and for a long time ...

But it is the first since Tut's found near the Valley of the Kings, an ancient royal graveyard a ... with the pharaoh's name was made from African blackwood (Dabergia melanoxylon), also known ...

One of the most significant African museum openings ... a statue and parts of an ancient pirogue (canoe) and tree. This leads to exhibits from the 2nd to the 10th kings. Items on show include ...

From the 16th to the 19th centuries, the kingdom of Kaabu dominated a swath of West Africa that included modern ... The story goes that once the king saw the enemy army nearing the capital of ...

By Ruth Maclean and Ismail Auwal Reporting from Kano, Nigeria One king has ... one of West Africa’s oldest and most revered kingdoms — is not just a struggle for an ancient throne, but also ...