One of the most famous objects in the British Museum is a bronze head of the Roman emperor Augustus that exudes charisma, ...

A new exhibition at Louvre Abu Dhabi is exploring a thousand years of African history through the lens of the continent’s ...

Neanderthals  are not totally extinct, in some of us they live on – a little bit.” (Professor Svante Paabo, 2022 Nobel ...

Unprecedented sighting of a spotted hyena in Egypt after thousands of years: what this means for the changing ecosystem and ...

Population of ancient Greece, Men weighing merchandise, side B of an Attic black-figure amphora. Credit: Marie-Lan Nguyen Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.5 Estimating the population of ancient Greece is a ...

As a volcanic eruption darkened the sun roughly 4,900 years ago, a Stone Age culture sacrificed hundreds of decorated stone plaques to try to coax it back. A trove of engraved stones unearthed ...

Charred by the flames of a funeral pyre, the Derveni Papyrus has proved to be a fascinating—and confounding—artifact Teresa Nowakowski Daily Correspondent The Derveni Papyrus, named for the ...

Sub-Saharan Africa's economy is expected to grow by 4.2% in 2025, up from an estimated 3.8% in 2024, according to a report published by Moody's Ratings on January 8, 2025. The report, titled ...

Under the business-as-usual emissions scenario, sub-Saharan Africa could lose as much as 22 percent of its current crop production capacity by 2050. The production of staple food crops grown in ...

There are similar projects around the world. But in sub-Saharan Africa, champions hope that new-city developments can address the continent’s urbanization conundrum: While the growth of cities has ...

The ancient Christian community in the region ... “The growth of radical Islamist insurgencies in sub-Saharan Africa, the Sahel, and now deep into the southern and southeastern parts of Africa ...

Here’s how it works. An ancient and enigmatic stone circle in the Middle East may not be a prehistoric astronomical observatory after all, according to a new study of satellite images.