Land reform in South Africa has followed a familiar script—conquest, displacement, and struggle. The names change, but the ...

At this time, South Africa was on the brink of fundamental change. From about 350 AD, Bantu-speaking, iron-using, livestock-owning farmers began to settle the Soutpansberg, south of the Limpopo River.

Linguists and archaeologists have long argued about which group of ancient people spoke the original Indo-European language. A new study in the journal Nature throws a new theory into the fray.

—Ancient bird with T. rex-like skull discovered in China Daniel Ksepka , a paleontologist at the Bruce Museum in Connecticut who was not involved in the study, agreed.

Ancient-genomics researchers have pinpointed the homelands of a nomadic tribe that transformed the culture and genetics of Europe and Asia, revealing a potential source for the Indo–European ...

In ancient African societies ... and timeless appeal. Bantu Knots is a traditional African hairstyle that originated among the Zulu people of Southern Africa. The knots are created by sectioning ...

And now it carries a handsome cash prize: $1 million for anyone who can decipher the script of the ancient Indus Valley civilization. Relatively little is known about the creators of the script ...

AYOM is the “Lord of Music” in Candomblè, an African diasporic religion that developed in Brazil bringing together traditions from Yoruba, Gbe, Bantu and Catholicism. Ayom is an orixá ...

Rivers may have operated on a global scale around 3.5 billion years ago. The new find comes courtesy of ancient rocks in China and South Africa. A change in rock chemistry around that time ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A woman poses for a photo in front Caryatid statues that prop up the porch of the 5th century B.C ...

During a press briefing ahead of the cabinet Lekgotla on 29 January 2025, the Deputy Minister Major General (Retired) Bantu Holomisa and Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Angie Motshekga, ...