Ancient Ghana encompassed what is now modern ... The route taken by traders of the Maghreb to Ghana would have started in North Africa in Tahert, sweeping down through Sijilimasa in Southern ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Ancient DNA dating to between 16,000–18,000 years ago—the oldest human DNA to be extracted in Africa so far—reveals that populations of ...

It marks the oldest confirmed case of the plague outside Eurasia, indicating that the disease was present in North Africa during the Bronze Age. DNA of the Black Death in an ancient mummy Research ...