We know what the oldest civilizations in the world are thanks to archaeology, but there are many others we are only just ...

Africa is the world’s second ... cultures evolved, and civilizations eventually flourished. While it may seem like ancient history, these migrations reveal remarkable details about human ...

South Africa became independent as the Union of South Africa in 1910. Its capitals are Pretoria, Cape Town, and Bloemfontein.

The ancient Near East, a region extending from the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea to present-day Afghanistan, was home to several of the world's oldest civilizations. Favored with an ...

A century ago, UChicago scholars argued a controversial idea: Western civilization had its roots in the ancient Middle East—not in Greece or Rome ... research center dedicated to the study of early ...

For many years now there has been a debate about whether the ancient peoples ... occupying Africa today were the result of waves of migration from western Asia, the Middle East and the Far East.