This strange ancient formation from Mauritania has been dated to have occurred about 98.2 – 2.6 million years ago. This was used by NASA in the earlier stages as a land mark to navigate. The manner of its birth has been hotly contested. The location of this is in Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, […]
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The Great Wall of Zimbabwe, Africa
–www.zimbabwetourism.net Great Zimbabwe is a ruined city in the southeastern hills of Zimbabwe near Lake Mutirikwe and the town of Masvingo. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Zimbabwe during the country’s Late Iron Age. Construction on the monument by ancestors of the Shona people began in the 11th century and continued until the […]
Read MoreAlternative visual concept for “GODS Of EGYPT” movie
Please keep in mind that Egypt was invaded numerous times in the past. –“The Sorceress”, illustrated by Chris Dacus They could cast actors that looks similar to the people in the Maghreb Region & as far down the Nile River which is an international river that flows through 11 countries that include Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda, […]
Read MoreThe Loropeni Ruins in Burkina Faso, Africa
Estimated to be 11-16th Century Its imposing stone walls ruins of Loropéni consist of imposing, tall, laterite stone perimeter walls, up to six metres in height is the best preserved of ten fortresses in the Lobi area and is part of a larger group of 100 stone enclosures that bear testimony to the power of the […]
Read MoreMegalithic Stones in Bouar, Central African Republic
Bouar megaliths – Nana-Mambéré. In the surroundings of Bouar city are found some 70 groups of megalithic stone settings (tajunu), most likely created in the Neolithic age. Sites contain burial cists and upright stones. Tallest stones are up to 5 meters high. Bouar megaliths 7440 BC. “In some parts of Africa megaliths survive which are […]
Read MoreRemains of a Nubian temple in Sudan thought to be around 2000 years old
A ritual altar, a sacred boat base, and a hieroglyphic inscription have been discovered in the remains of a temple in Sudan thought to be around 2,000 years old. Source-archaeology.org/news Over 200+ pyramids in Sudan Pyramids discovered in ancient Sudanese cemetery: 2,000 Remains of Ancient Palace Discovered – LiveScience
Read MoreThe Beauty Of Sobek
Head of Queen Neferusobek Berlin Egyptian Museum Sobekneferu (sometimes written “Neferusobek“) was an Egyptian woman reigning as pharaoh after the death of her brother Amenemhat IV. She was the last ruler of the 12th Dynasty and governed Egypt for almost 4 years from 1806 to 1802 BC. Her name means “the beauty of Sobek.” Sobekneferu had an older […]
Read MoreWorld’s 2nd largest diamond: 1,111-carat found in Botswana, Africa
The 1,111-carat stone was recovered from its Karowe mine, about 500km (300 miles) north of the capital, Gaborone. It is the biggest diamond to be discovered in Botswana and the largest find in more than a century. Botswana is located in Southern Africa and bordered by South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe. It is a mid-sized […]
Read More404 carat diamond unearthed in Angola, Africa
Lucapa Diamond Company CEO Stephen Wetherall says the 404 carat diamond unearthed in Angola is the 27th largest diamond in the world. It’s worth is estimated at 10,000,000. ‘It’s the biggest diamond ever recorded from the country of Angola and it’s the biggest diamond ever recovered by an Australian diamond miner.’ But it still pales […]
Read MoreBenefits Of Ancient Essential Oils: Frankincense & Myrrh
Frankincense—also known as olibanum—and myrrh have been traded in North Africa and the Middle East for upwards of 5,000 years. Frankincense was charred and ground into a power to make the heavy kohl eyeliner Egyptian women famously wore. Sacks of frankincense and potted saplings of myrrh-producing trees appear in murals decorating the walls of a temple […]
Read MoreThe Oldest Zodiac Sign From Dendera & The Star Sirius
Most believe this to be of the New Kingdom. The relief, which John H. Rogers characterized as “the only complete map that we have of an ancient sky. A detail of the Dendera Zodiac displayed at the Louvre, Paris. Guy asks: I wonder if someone knowledgeable could comment about the seeming lack of precession by […]
Read MoreAncient Beauty Secrets Of Biblical Or Mythical Proportions?
King Solomon, the Queen of Sheba, Cleopatra and King Herod all bathed in the Dead Sea and enjoyed its healing properties. Dead Sea Salt and Dead Sea Mud have been recognized by millions of people as a single source of health and beauty since the days of Herod the Great, more than 2,000 years ago. […]
Read More5,600 years old Black Mummy Child of Libya, Africa
Mummification knowledge at 5,600 years old, this pre-dates Ancient Egyptian Civilization… Wan Muhuggiag (Muhjaij) Mummy, Tashwinat, Libya The Tashwinat Mummy of a child found in Wan Muhuggiag (or Uan Mughjaj), Tadrart Acacus, Fezzan, southern Libya, by Professor Mori in 1958. The mummy was thought to be at least 5400 years old and therefore it is […]
Read MoreControversy behind Gods of Egypt movie 2016
This time period is supposed to be in the old kingdom/5th dynasty (2494 B.C. – 2345 B.C.). ‘Gods of Egypt’ Director, Studio Apologize for Lack of Diverse Casting: ‘We Can Do Better’ Lionsgate also acknowledged the need for more inclusive casting in a statement obtained by Variety, which reads: “We recognize that it is our responsibility […]
Read MoreAncient City of Djado In Niger, Africa
A fortified trading city in the Sahara along the routes towards Libya: dating back some 800-1,000 years ago. Who built it? the settlement seems to be constructed from both mudbrick and stone ,if I’m not mistaken. Does anyone else think it looks like something out of a fantasy epic? from PreColonialAfrica Niger, officially the Republic of Niger, […]
Read MoreHarpooning 80-90,000 years ago In Congo, Africa
This was discovered in 1988 by Alison Brooks and John Yellen in Katanda, Democratic Republic of Congo. Modern humans make special tools for fishing. Humans in Central Africa used some of the earliest barbed points, like this harpoon point, to spear huge prehistoric catfish weighing as much as 68 kg (150 lb)–enough to feed 80 people for two days. […]
Read MoreEarth 2.3+ Billion Years Older Than Presumed?
Researchers looked at 52 samples, 2.75 to 3.2 billion years old, which had been collected in South Africa and northwestern Australia. They are by excellence among the oldest rocks on our planet. We might have to take a second look at the evolution of life on earth. A study on ancient soils has shown that […]
Read MoreEmpire – The New Scramble for Africa
The rivalry between Britain, France, Germany, and the other European powers accounts for a large part of the colonization. While tropical Africa was not a large zone of investment, other overseas regions were. The vast interior between the gold and diamond-rich Southern Africa and Egypt had strategic value in securing the flow of overseas trade. […]
Read MorePrehistoric Calendar Circle Of Nabta Playa Astronomy, Egypt, Africa
Archaeological discoveries reveal that these prehistoric peoples led livelihoods seemingly at a higher level of organization than their contemporaries who lived closer to the Nile Valley. The people of Nabta Playa had: above-ground and below-ground stone construction, villages designed in pre-planned arrangements, and deep wells that held water throughout the year. Findings also indicate that the […]
Read MoreThe Berlin Conference of 1884
Greed placed over Humanity. The Berlin Conference of 1884, which regulated European colonization and trade in Africa, is usually referred to as the starting point of the Conquest of Africa. During this period, the land was divided amongst the European elite, without one African representative present. Original African nations was divided in the name of “progress”. […]
Read MoreEve (Discovery Channel)
Broadcast (2002) Narrated by Danny Glover, “The Real Eve” reveals that our shared genetic heritage links every living person on earth and traces the expansion of modern humans throughout the world. The discovery of the Eve gene stunned the world. It seems we could all be descended from just one female who lived in Africa. […]
Read More3.3 Million Year-Old Tools Discovered in Kenya, Africa
The shores of Lake Turkana, where many fossils of human ancestors have been found, are also the home of what may be the oldest known tools. Push the known date of such tools back by 700,000 years; they also may challenge the notion that our own most direct ancestors were the first to bang two […]
Read MoreAfrica Is Not A Country
1.1 billion people on the continent of Africa is home to 54 different nations, more than 2,000 languages and four of the world’s 10 fastest growing economies, but is often painted with a sweeping stroke of doom and gloom. The continent had 7 female presidents. It’s the fastest growing market in the world for mobile […]
Read MoreNuer/Ngundeng Pyramid Mound in South Sudan, Africa
A photo taken in 1901 by Dr Edward Smyth Crispin, showing the earthen mound associated with the Nuer Prophet Ngundeng. Seligman describes it in his list as a grave pyramid, possibly since he was informed that Ngundeng was buried within his hut at the base of the mound. From the appearance of the earth on […]
Read MoreRuins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara from Tanzania, Africa
Africa is a large continent, not everyone was living in mud huts; past & present. The remains of two great East African ports admired by early European explorers are situated on two small islands near the coast. From the 13th to the 16th century, the merchants of Kilwa dealt in gold, silver, pearls, perfumes, Arabian […]
Read MoreLion shaped mountain rock from Yeha, Ethiopia, Africa.
Natural or Man Made? Yeha is described as “a large Bronze Age archaeological site and the most impressive site in the Horn of Africa showing evidence of contact with South Arabia. There are roads leading to a building constructed as far back as the 7th century BC. Yeha is one of Ethiopia’s major cities in the Tigrai […]
Read MoreAncient Inscription Blocks from Yeha, Ethiopia, Africa
Oldest script south of the Sahara at Yeha Sabean is another ancient African syllabary script that is similar to Ge’ez and a descendant of the Proto-Saharan system. The word “Sabaean” itself derives from the Western name, “Sheba” (from the Ge’ez word, Saba, whom modern Ethiopians call Makeda), the D’mt leader to whom the “Sabaean” or […]
Read MoreMegalithic Stones of Tiya, Ethiopia, Africa
In April 1935, one of the Tiya stones, engraved with a sword symbol, was discovered during a German expedition. Tiya is among the most important of the roughly 160 archaeological sites discovered so far in the Soddo region, south of Addis Ababa. The site contains 36 monuments, including 32 carved stelae covered with symbols, most […]
Read More10 Circular Igbo iron-smelting pyramids at Nsude, Enugu State of Nigeria, Africa
Recent archaeological discoveries in Nigeria suggests that iron smelting and blacksmith work was performed at a much earlier time — as early as 2000-2500 BCE — at high-levels of production and involving wide trade distribution among the ancient Igboland peoples in West Africa. Carbon dating information has been unattainable to date. Ancient Iron works/artifacts from […]
Read MoreNuri Pyramids in Sudan, Africa
This was a major find from the Boston Museum fine arts at the Nuri pyramid complex in Northern Sudan, during the early 20th century. Both the statue and the Sarcophagus from Northern Sudan is now housed in the Boston Museum of fine art. The coffin or sarcophagi is very huge, and the floor of in […]
Read MoreQUEEN NZINGA: The Monarch of Ndongo and Matamba, Angola, Africa
Queen Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (1583-1663) was an Angolan Queen. She was the daughter of a King , and was exposed to war and politics at an early age. Queen Nzinga 2 sisters were some of her war-lords and she had women in her army. When the Portuguese built a fort on her land, she led a […]
Read More35 New Ancient Pyramids & Graves Discovered (2009-2012) in Sudan, Africa
One overlooked fact is that Sudan has more pyramids than Egypt, in places like Nuri and Bijrawiyah, though they are smaller and not as old. Meroe was often ruled by queens, known by the title “kandake,” and boasts scores of pyramids similar in shape to the one exhibited on a one-dollar bill. “I discovered a […]
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