Stone Pages Archaeo News: Africa Archives

Index of news related to Africa

17 August 2008: Ancient cemetery found in the Sahara desert
: Prehistoric people cared deeply for their children
26 April 2008: Ancient treasures returned to Burkina Faso
20 April 2008: Exploring rock art in South Africa
23 March 2008: Sailor to recreate Phoenicians' epic African voyage
17 February 2008: Oldest African human sacrifice discovered in Sudan
: Excavation work on a Neolithic settlement in Egypt
2 February 2008: UN vandals spray graffiti on Sahara's prehistoric art
: Neolithic settlement found in Egypt
2 December 2007: Rock art in Egypt under threat
9 October 2007: Ancient Saharian shepherds were artists
19 August 2007: The oldest beads in the world
7 August 2007: Prehistoric frescos discovered in Algeria
17 July 2007: Egypt's oldest known art is 15,000 years old
1 July 2007: More ancient rock etchings found in Algeria
10 March 2007: 'Petrified lightning bolts' give peek into ancient climates
19 February 2007: Ancient tools show chimps had their own stone age
29 January 2007: Archaeologist digs up West Africa's past
17 December 2006: Bronze Age excavation in Kuwait enters new phase
3 December 2006: Snake carving in Botswana may be first sign of worship
27 November 2006: S.African rock art offers picture of harmony
12 August 2006: Artefacts support theory man came from Africa
: Prehistoric Moroccan skeleton on view in Germany
22 July 2006: Ancient humans 'followed rains'
: Stone circles of Senegambia added to the Unesco Heritage List
1 May 2006: New archaeological discoveries in Maroc
23 April 2006: Study of human migration over 60 000 years
20 January 2006: Ancient lakes of the Sahara
7 January 2006: Study traces Egyptians' stone-age roots
12 December 2005: Ancient drought 'changed history'
23 October 2005: Neolithic cemetery, artifacts unearthed in Sahara
9 October 2005: African rock art under threat
: An 'African Stonehenge' discovered in Tunisia
1 October 2005: Prehistoric skeletons found in Moroccan Cave
16 September 2005: Crew plans new Bronze Age journey
16 April 2005: Twyfelfontein, a nominee for World Heritage
12 February 2005: Hammers threaten Libyan rock carvings
30 January 2005: France seizes African archaeological objects
1 January 2005: Prehistoric granaries found in Egypt
8 December 2004: Eight thousand year old paintings found in Egypt
3 December 2004: Tourists jailed for stealing ancient objects
25 November 2004: Prehistoric site found in underwater cave
11 November 2004: African rock art under threat
20 September 2004: The world's oldest dam
8 September 2004: Tomb discovered at Giza
20 August 2004: Prehistoric town found in Moroccan desert
18 May 2004: Petroglyphs puzzle experts
12 April 2004: Prehistoric artefacts seized in France
7 February 2004: Archaeologists shed new light on African rock art
3 February 2004: Neolithic settlement found in Niger
31 January 2004: Iron Age South African settlement found
20 November 2003: Drought destroyed ancient Egytptian civilisation
19 November 2003: Underwater heritage survey launched for South Africa
1 November 2003: Excavation of an ancient trading center in Syria
17 October 2003: Men empowered by cattle ownership
10 October 2003: Brush fire threatens rock art in Zimbabwe
1 August 2003: Genetics helps scientists determine Basque origins
13 January 2003: First Stone Age flints found in Abu Dhabi
27 March 2001: The oldest Rock Art in the Nile Valley
: Stone Circle in Yemen
30 January 2000: Early iron smelting
25 November 1998: Expedition to study ancient Saharan giraffe rock carvings
5 August 1998: The oldest astronomical megalith alignment (Nabta - Egypt)