Ancient metallurgy refers to the techniques and processes used by past civilizations to extract and manipulate metals for various purposes, including tools, weapons, and trade. Recent research in ...

Copper metallurgy is traditionally considered a technology that ... raising the possibility that these ancient inhabitants were not only experimenting with fire but had also developed some form of ...

Hyaenodonts were the main meat-eating mammal at the time across what is now Africa and Arabia ... So the team took inspiration from Bastet, the ancient leonine Egyptian goddess of pleasure ...

Nestled along Libya’s northeastern coast, archaeologists have uncovered a remarkable find dating back to the Roman times. The discovery in the ancient Greek city of Ptolemais includes a host ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Ancient DNA dating to between 16,000–18,000 years ago—the oldest human DNA to be extracted in Africa so far—reveals that populations of ...