The Neolithic period began in southwest Asia around 12,000 years ago. It marked a major shift in human history as societies ...

DNA recovered from archaeological remains of ancient humans who lived in what is now Tunisia and northeastern Algeria reveals that European hunter-gatherers may have visited North Africa by boat ...

The discovery shines further light on the pivotal role played by the Maghreb in shaping societies along Africa's ...

Discover how genetic data supports archeological evidence that some hunter-gatherers who originated in Europe ‘held out’ on ...

Most Bronze Age settlements have been documented in European territory. Despite its geographical proximity, the Maghreb has ...

Roughly 8,000-year-old remains unearthed from present-day Tunisia held a surprise: European hunter-gatherer ancestry ...

Researchers have uncovered the first Bronze Age settlement in Maghreb dating back to as early as 2200 BC, predating the ...

Outside of Europe, Egypt was known for its complex societies in the same time period, but the western coast of the ...

The holy month of Ramadan has a unique cultural flavour in Egypt, and among its special traditions is the firing of the ...

Some studies proposed that North African communities actively resisted agriculture, except perhaps in the Nile Delta and the western Maghreb (modern-day Morocco). They continued to rely on land ...