Greek Reporter

The Ancient Greek Culture and Language in Africa

The ancient Greek language and culture spread through Africa following the conquests of Alexander the Great on the continent.

Scientists Found 7,000-Year-Old Mummies in the Desert That Don’t Share DNA With Modern Humans

Two 7,000-year-old mummies from the Takarkori rock shelter in the Sahara have been found to be from a group with a previously ...
Getaway Magazine

Desert sculptures and open-air galleries across Africa

From ancient San rock art to contemporary land installations, Africa’s deserts and wild spaces are transforming into open-air ...

Last fluent speaker on a quest to keep ancient S.African language alive

In her humble home on the red soil of the Green Kalahari, 92-year-old Katrina Esau listened intently as her two ...
Nature

Rare ancient DNA from Sahara opens a window on the region’s verdant past

Sequencing of 7,000-year-old human genomes from when the Sahara Desert was green suggest that pastoralism spread through cultural exchange, not large-scale migration. Gazing at an image of the vast, ...
Scientific American

Ancient DNA Shows Stone Age Europeans Voyaged by Sea to Africa

Thousands of years before Odysseus crossed the ‘wine-dark sea’ in Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey, hunter-gatherers might have island-hopped their way to Africa across the Mediterranean. The first ...

Last fluent speaker on a quest to keep ancient South African language alive

UPINGTON - In her humble home on the red soil of the Green Kalahari, 92-year-old Katrina Esau listened intently as her two ...