As king, Gyges was famed both for his military ... one of the most legendary ancient African civilizations. Yet Ezana did not butcher his way through his campaigns. Instead, he would give his ...

According to legend, the Aksumite king Ezana (reigned ca ... Although the ancient civilizations of the Horn of Africa have remained on the periphery of research compared to other contemporaneous ...

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 ...

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 ...

The unearthing of the long-lost tomb of ancient Egyptian King Thutmose II is being described as one of the most important archaeological discoveries in recent years. Thutmose II's mummy was ...