Archaeologists in Egypt have made a remarkable discovery of a trio of ancient tombs dating back more than 3,500 years. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

the last of the lost tombs of the kings of ancient Egypt's Eighteenth Dynasty, which reigned for over two centuries between about 1550 BC and 1292 BC. It's the first royal Egyptian tomb to be ...

Ryholt believed the smaller dynasty would have ruled the region of Abydos during a time when ancient Egypt was broken into rival kingdoms. That first tomb’s owner, King Seneb-Kay, was an ...

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 ...