A scholar who has closely followed reforms that MBS has made to Wahhabism, an austere form of Islam, explains the changes taking place in the Saudi kingdom and their impact.
Groundwater is vital to communities in northern Kenya during droughts.
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Examining how military coups unfold is crucial to understanding a country’s path back to democracy.
Mount Sinai is mentioned in the second book of the Bible, Exodus, as the site where Moses received his first instruction from God.
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A scholar of the Hebrew Bible argues that very little is known about the location of Mount Sinai, and it is likely that it was once part of a foundational legend.
XRF study of the painting of Ramesses II.
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A technique called portable X-ray fluorescence has helped Egyptologists identify changes and adjustments to details of tomb decoration that are invisible to the human eye.
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam began generating electricity in 2022.
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Africa contributes less than 1% of research worldwide on movement behaviours in children. This means that research on movement behaviours has largely excluded over 16% of the world’s population.
The Blue Nile river passes through the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
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From the Arab Spring to the Belarus Awakening and the ongoing Iranian protest Women, Life, Freedom, female-centered imagery and social media are battlegrounds of resistance and oppression.
Jewelry of the kandake Amanishakheto from a pyramid at Meroe.
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The way many Americans think about racial identity today is hard to map onto the complex history of ancient Egypt and ancient Nubia.
President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington on Dec. 15, 2022.
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As the United States government builds economic and security ties with African countries, some of those countries are encouraging African Americans to establish social and economic ties in Africa.
While there’s no single solution to the crisis, a range of approaches can help to bolster children’s literacy.
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Aquifers are highly prevalent across Africa – but they’re not always going to be usable.
Burkina Faso servicemen hold portraits during the burial of soldiers killed in an Al-Qaeda attack in Gaskinde in October 2022.
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We uncovered evidence of a rebellion so significant, that events such as Cleopatra’s affairs and the rise of Christianity may not have come to pass without it.
The building blocks of the Giza pyramids contain trillions of fossilised remains of an ocean-dwelling organism called foraminifera.
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