Cutting-edge imaging technologies are helping archaeologists uncover the secrets of vast outdoor sites, revealing the rich ...

Astronomers working with South Africa's SKA telescope are pushing authorities to ensure that any licensing agreement with ...

The oldest representation of the night sky and our Milky Way galaxy was found in an Egyptian sarcophagus, revealing ancient ...

Unesco-listed fortified town in northwest Africa fights to preserve buildings and medieval books about science, astronomy and ...

Researchers traced long, bright radio pulses, combined with X-rays, to an intriguing cosmic object 15,000 light-years from ...

From his roof, Sidi Mohamed Lemine Sidiya scans the mediaeval town of Oualata, a treasure that is disappearing under the ...

Australian and South African Indigenous artists explore creativity at the intersection of modern science and ancient wisdom. Cosmic Echoes is up at Wits Origins Centre from Friday 23 May until ...

These myths are relatively lesser-known, with little to no interpretations in contemporary pop culture. Interesting African ...

Liberia's Special Envoy on Cultural and Heritage Diplomacy, Ambassador Lorenzo Llewellyn Witherspoon, has delivered a powerful keynote address at the opening of UNESCO Africa Week 2025, held at the ...

From dragons and demons to cosmic squabbles, discover six fascinating ancient beliefs about solar eclipses from around the ...

founded in the early 19th century by freed African Americans. While not ancient in the sense of millennia-old civilizations, it is the oldest modern independent African state, gaining independence ...

In a cave overlooking the ocean on the southern coast of South Africa, archaeologists discovered thousands of stone tools, created by ancient humans roughly 20,000 years ago. By examining tiny ...