These four lost cities were jewels of ancient Africa. What happened to them? Thonis-Heracleion, Alexandria, Meroë, and Jenne-Jeno were once centers of sophistication and wealth, but their ...

You've got the Ganges River that links many large population centers and even in West Africa, ancient cities like Timbuktu, which we think of as being kind of famous, desert oases are actually ...

Morocco, a country with a rich and diverse history, is home to some of the most breathtaking ancient sites in Africa. Among them stands Volubilis, an incredibly well-preserved Roman city near ...

The ancient Saharan city of Chinguetti ... Its dry stone and mud mortar homes, mosques and libraries store some of West Africa’s oldest Quranic texts and manuscripts, covering topics ranging ...