Researchers have identified southern Africa's first known stenciled rock art, revealing an unusual painting technique that required artists to create their own templates rather than use existing objects. The discovery includes two small, red, human-like figures at the La...
The rise of Rome was deeply shaped by the advanced cultures of Ancient Greece and Egypt, which provided essential knowledge, artistic models, technologies, and religious traditions. The empire’s later grandeur, too, drew heavily on these same civilizations—peoples Rome conquered...
The United Nations General Assembly voted on September 4 to support wider use of a world map that represents Africa and other continents at more accurate relative sizes, according to the account supplied for this article. The “Correct the...
Millions of people across Africa live hours away from basic medical care, while many health facilities also lack reliable electricity. Access to healthcare and medical technology across Africa has long been a major challenge. The world's first solar-powered ambulance...
Global hunger declined for a third consecutive year in 2025, according to a recent report by five United Nations specialized agencies, although officials warned the gains remain fragile, unevenly spread across regions, and not fast enough to meet the...
The discovery of a ship filled with gold coins, missing for five centuries and uncovered in a southwest African desert, is one of the most thrilling archaeological finds of recent times.
The Bom Jesus (The Good Jesus) was a Portuguese...
Every year in parts of Madagascar, children are condemned simply because of the circumstances of their birth. Some are targeted because they are twins, a condition that centuries-old traditions in parts of the island associate with misfortune. Others are hunted...
The name Vlahakis is widespread in Zambia, thanks to a brave Greek man from the island of Crete called Nikolaos Vlahakis who arrived in southern Africa at the end of the 19th century.
His descendants, who are members of the...
A new study has found that early humans were building and carefully maintaining grass beds inside a South African cave as far back as 200,000 years ago. The findings offer the most detailed microscopic look yet at how Stone...
Archaeologists have uncovered a detailed record of ancient rock paintings in Angola that spans thousands of years, revealing layers of human life ranging from Stone Age tool-makers to Iron Age blacksmiths and communities living through the colonial period.
A new...
Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered the tomb of a purification priest of the Amun temple in Luxor, along with 10 wooden coffins hidden inside a nearby burial shaft. The finds emerged during the eighth excavation season at Dra Abu el-Naga...
Egyptian authorities on Thursday unveiled a rare plaster blocking wall linked to the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun and reopened two restored New Kingdom tombs on the West Bank of Luxor.
The exhibition and restoration projects are part of Egypt’s wider...
The army chief of Uganda, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, announced this week that a DNA test revealed he is 14% Greek. He told followers on X that he had always believed he was related to Alexander the Great. He also said...
George Stravelakis, sometimes called "Halkias," was an enslaved Greek man from the island of Chios who rose to become the Prime Minister of Tunisia in the 1860s.
By Antonis Chaldeos
Stravelakis was born in 1817 on the island of Chios. During the...
