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This handout picture made available by Archeovision and taken on March 3, 2020 shows French geo-archeologist Richard Oslisly (C) and two French anthropo-biologists Sebastien Villotte (L) and Sacha Kacki (R) looking at the remains of a skull in the Iroungou cave, near Mouila, southern Gabon. – The discovery of a 14th century underground burial site deep in Gabon’s tropical forest may shed light on a little known period in Africa’s history, with hundreds of artefacts. (Pascal MORA / ARCHEOVISION / AFP)
ANTHROPOLOGY

Rare Gabon burial cave reveals clues to African history

There are 30 skeletons in the Iroungou cave, and carbon dating has shown they are from the 14th century. It is only the second cave burial site to be unearthed on the continent

  • Camille Malplat
4 min read
(Reuters)
ARCHEOLOGY

Trump pays in messiah money

The Trump coin, at least, echoes another element of the BIN story about the Pilgrim’s Road. It mentions some coins found during the excavations

  • Shaun De Waal
3 min read
Freedom denied: Political detainees in the Kanjedza prison camp in Nyasaland
ARCHEOLOGY

Women ran things in ancient Peru, a new study argues

A new book reveals how women in ancient Peru, far from being marginalised and invisible, were political and economic decision-makers

  • Staff Reporter
3 min read
ARCHEOLOGY

Findings may prove Rome a century older than initially thought

As the Italian capital approaches its 2 767th birthday, excavations have revealed a wall built long before the city’s official founding year.

  • John Hooper
2 min read
ANCIENT CIVILISATION

Ancient pharaoh’s tomb unearthed in Egypt

A US team in Egypt has identified the tomb of Pharaoh Sobekhotep I, believed to be the founder of the 13th dynasty 3 800 years ago.

  • Sapa Afp
1 min read