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Morocco: Discovery of a 4,000-Year-Old Bronze Age Settlement in Morocco Rewrites History
The Conversation Africa, 30 March 2025
A new archaeological discovery at Kach Kouch in Morocco challenges the long-held belief that the Maghreb (north-west Africa) was an empty land before the arrival of the Phoenicians… Read more »
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The Conversation Africa, 10 October 2024
A new discovery of an ancient farming society at Oued Beht in Morocco fills a centuries-old gap in history. It reveals that, 5,000 years ago, the Maghreb (north-west Africa) was… Read more »
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Southern Africa: Ancient Stone Walls and Power - What Data Science Tools Can Reveal in African Archaeology
The Conversation Africa, 23 February 2025
Visibility has always been important in people's decisions about where to live and how to arrange their spaces. People make connections with what they can see. Being able to see… Read more »
4,000-Year-Old Discovery in Morocco Rewrites History
The discovery of a 4,000-year-old Bronze Age settlement at Kach Kouch in Morocco challenges the belief that the Maghreb was uninhabited before the Phoenicians arrived around 800 BCE.
Excavations revealed that stable agricultural settlements already existed on the African coast of the Mediterranean as early as 2200 BCE during the Bronze Age, with inhabitants cultivating crops, raising livestock, and using advanced tools, including the oldest known bronze object in North Africa outside Egypt.
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Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed the ancient tomb of King Thutmose II, marking the first discovery of a pharaonic royal tomb in over a century since Tutankhamun's tomb Read more »
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Archaeologists spend a lot of time examining the remains of distant pasts, which includes the study of rock paintings, write Neil Rusch and Sarah Wurz for The Conversation. ... Read more »
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For centuries, the history of the West African kingdom of Kaabu, which thrived from the mid-1500s to the 1800s and spanned parts of modern-day Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, and Gambia, ... Read more »
The discovery of a 4,000-year-old Bronze Age settlement at Kach Kouch in Morocco challenges the belief that the Maghreb was uninhabited before the Phoenicians arrived around 800 BCE.
