#ancientafrica — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.europesays.com/africa/431544/ 4,000-Year-Old Fortification in Morocco Reveals a Lost Bronze Age Society in North Africa #AncientAfrica #AncientHistory #Anthropology #Archaeology #BronzeAge #Morocco

https://youtu.be/4bffJd7B6NE
By analyzing the suppression of historical records, we look at how the recovery of oral traditions is reshaping our understanding of the past. If you are interested in pre-colonial history or want to learn about forgotten African scientific achievements, this overview provides the necessary context to challenge common misconceptions.

#africanfolktales #hiddenhistory #africanhistory #africanmythology #storiesofwisdom #hiddenhistory #africanfolklore #ancientafrica

https://youtu.be/ZfFEsmZqln0

The Luba Empire didn’t need paper to document their truth; they had a system that lasted centuries and defied European attempts at erasure. In this episode of Tales of Wisdom by ElEmperor, we dive deep into the african intellectual legacy of the Luba people.

#africanfolktales #africanhistory #hiddenhistory #africanfolklore #ancientafrica

This video explores the sophisticated systems used by tribes to exchange complex information across dense jungle terrain. We examine how these methods were integrated into rigorous initiation rituals, enabling warriors to execute maneuvers that seem impossible by modern standards.
#africanfolktales #africanhistory #hiddenhistory #africanfolklore #ancientafrica #science
https://youtu.be/Wz5D-SWMxYs

Ancient Ironworks Unearthed in Senegal

An ancient iron workshop, 2,000 years old, was discovered near Dakar, Senegal. It shows early West African societies had advanced metal skills.

#SenegalArchaeology, #AncientAfrica, #IronAge, #DakarHistory, #WestAfricanCultures

https://newsletter.tf/ancient-iron-workshop-found-near-dakar-senegal/

Archaeologists in Senegal found a 2,000-year-old iron workshop. This discovery shows that early West African people were skilled metalworkers much earlier than thought.

#SenegalArchaeology, #AncientAfrica, #IronAge, #DakarHistory, #WestAfricanCultures
https://newsletter.tf/ancient-iron-workshop-found-near-dakar-senegal/

From #ArsTechnica: Mummified #baboons point to the direction of the fabled land of #Punt https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/11/mummified-baboons-point-to-the-direction-of-the-fabled-land-of-punt/ #AncientEgypt #Egyptology #AncientHistory #AncientAfrica #AfricanHistory #Africa #Mummies #Histodon #Histodons

An in-person lecture on Tuesday, September 12 in NYC by Prof. Dan-el Padilla Peralta: "338 BCE and the Transformation of Ancient Afro-Eurasia"

More info and to register: https://csaad.nyu.edu/event/338-bce-and-the-transformation-of-ancient-afro-eurasia/

"The second half of the 4th c. BCE witnesses a series of dramatic transformations throughout Afro-Eurasia, foremost among them a rapid escalation in state ..."

Sponsored by the NYU Center for the Study of Africa and the African Diaspora

#ancientHistory #archaeology #ancientAfrica #ancientEurasia

I see that #ISAWNYU has announced the speaker for this year's Leon Levy Lecture. It's to be Prof. Lucia Mori (Sapienza) speaking on "In Search of the 'Evanescent' Garamantes: The Central Sahara in the 1st Millennium BCE"

https://isaw.nyu.edu/events/leon-levy-lecture-fall-2023

"The history of the Sahara, which is nowadays the largest hot desert in the world, is still to be written for the most part. Until some decades ago, there had been only little acknowledgement of ..."

#ancientHistory #archaeology #ancientAfrica

The 2nd event of the #ISAWNYU series “Encounters in the Mediterranean World” will take place on zoom on March 24 at 1 PM (EST). Hussein Fancy (Yale): "The Sea of Lies” & Jonathan Conant (Brown): “Beyond the Mediterranean: Rethinking Africa in Late Antiquity”

More info and to register (required): https://isaw.nyu.edu/events/encounters-medieval-mediterranean-world

#archaeology #ancientHistory #ancientGeography #classics #ancientAfrica

Re-upping from Friday:

Pleiades Literature Club: Call for Participation

https://pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/pleiades-literature-club-call-for-participation

Pleiades is hungry for new bibliographic references. Let's build a community effort to monitor scholarly publications for work that can enhance, correct, and expand the gazetteer in the history, archaeology, linguistics, and mythology of spaces and places in the ancient world.

Boosts appreciated.

#ancientHistory #archaeology #classics #ancientSouthwestAsia #ancientAfrica #linguistics

Pleiades Literature Club: Call for Participation

https://pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/pleiades-literature-club-call-for-participation

Pleiades is hungry for new bibliographic references. Let's build a community effort to monitor scholarly publications for work that can enhance, correct, and expand the gazetteer in the history, archaeology, linguistics, and mythology of spaces and places in the ancient world.

Please boost.

#ancientHistory #archaeology #classics #ancientSouthwestAsia #ancientAfrica #linguistics #gazetteers #HGIS #PleiadesGazetteer

Ancient cemetery tells a tale of constant, low level warfare - Enlarge (credit: Crevecoeur and Antoine 2021)
When archaeologists in the 1960s ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1768575 #biologicalanthropology #forensicanthropology #projectilepoints #ancientwarfare #ancientweapons #ancientafrica #climatechange #anthropology #aswanhighdam #archaeology #pleistocene #stonetools #skeletons #science #trauma #sudan #nile

Earliest known burial in Africa is that of a small, fragile child - Enlarge (credit: Mohammad Javad Shoaee)
78,000 years ago, a child died two to t... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1763016 #ancientpeopledidstuff #paleoanthropology #funeralpractices #humanevolution #middlestoneage #ancientafrica #anthropology #humanculture #archaeology #gravegoods #science #burials

Africa’s first Iron Age culture had a sweet tooth - Enlarge
Chemical traces of 3,500-year-old beeswax on central Nigerian potsherd... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1759983 #ancientafrica #ironageafrica #lipidresidues #ancientfood #archaeology #science #ironage #gc/ms

People slept on comfy grass beds 200,000 years ago - Enlarge
Fragments of glassy petrified grass and microscopic traces of plant material, dating to ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1698983 #ancientpeopledidstuff #paleoarchaeology #ancientafrica #modernhumans #archaeology #earlyhumans #paleolithic #southafrica #science

Footprints capture a lakeside stroll by a group of ancient hunter-gatherers - Enlarge (credit: Hatala et al. 2020)
Near the end of the last glaciation, a group of people walke... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1676759 #huntergatherers #ancientafrica #anthropology #archaeology #footprints #ichnology #science

The first people to live at high elevations snacked on giant mole rats - Enlarge / Views of Fincha Habera from outside and from inside. One might speculate on how often its... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1548857 #ancientpeopledidstuff #huntergatherers #humanmigration #ancientafrica #archaeology #eastafrica #ethiopia #science