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Egypt
Even governors in Pharaonic Egypt died in their 20s

afrol News, 9 March - Researchers have analysed more than 200 mummies from ancient Egypt, finding that even high dignitaries were poorly nourished and had infectious diseases. The typical governor in Pharaonic Egypt died before he was 30 years old.
Mali
Timbuktu ancient document centre opening

afrol News, 27 May - Mali's famous old city of Timbuktu this weekend will see the opening of a new building housing and restoring a collection of an estimated 700,000 ancient manuscripts, recognised as one of Africa's principal cultural heritages.
Kenya
Maasais' good health surprises scientists

afrol News, 20 May - The nomadic Maasai people of Kenya are known for their limited diet of mostly milk and blood, which nutritionists expected would result in a poor health situation. The opposite proved true.
Egypt
Heart disease discovered in ancient Egyptian mummies

afrol News, 18 November - A cardiologist at Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute and his research team from Cairo, Milwaukee, and Mission Viejo, Calif., have detected the hardening of the arteries in 3,500-year-old Egyptian mummies, indicating that heart disease is not just a condition found in modern humans.
Africa | World
Scientists publish discovery of Malaria origin

afrol News, 4 August - Scientists have reported to have discovered the origin of malaria, saying Chimpanzees, native to equatorial Africa, have been identified as the original source of the parasite that likely moved from them to humans via mosquitoes.
Kenya
Humans have walked the earth more than 1.5 millions years ago, study

afrol News, 27 February - Latest evidence showing morden human like existence dating back over 1.5 million years back has been unearthed by Anthropologists in Kenya.
Ethiopia
1.3 million year old human fossil found in Ethiopia

afrol News, 14 November - Archaeologists have found what they term "an important new fossil of a Homo erectus female pelvis from approximately 1.3 million years ago" in Ethiopia. The fossil is expected to "reveal important new information about human evolution," researchers say.
South Africa
Cape Town women face record strangulation risk

afrol News, 25 October - No place in the world is the risk higher for a woman to be killed by strangulation than in South Africa's city of Cape Town. While other SA cities are registering lowering rates of violence against women, Cape Town continues to become more dangerous.
Egypt
Pharaonic army HQ found in Sinai

afrol News, 30 May - Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed the relics of an ancient Egyptian city named Tharu, dating back to the New Kingdom era (1570-1070 BC) north on the Sinai Peninsula. The ruins are believed to include a fortress that was used as army headquarters for Pharaoh Ramsis II and his successors.
Egypt
DNA tests seem to identify Egyptian queen

afrol News, 17 July - Preliminary results from DNA tests carried out on a mummy believed to be Queen Hatshepsut is expected to support the claim by Egyptian authorities that the remains are indeed those of Egypt's most powerful female ruler.
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» 04.06.2007 - Ancient Egyptian tomb discovered
» 01.12.2006 - World's oldest religion discovered in Botswana
» 13.09.2006 - Preparations for Timbuktu manuscript centre advance
» 12.09.2006 - Mauritania's Prussian past revealed: A desert pharmacy
» 12.04.2006 - Medieval trans-Sahara mineral trade mapped
» 07.04.2006 - Secrets of Judas, Jesus kept in Egypt for 1700 years
» 29.07.2005 - South Africans consider other races most racist
» 16.06.2005 - Aka Pygmies "best dads in the world"
» 26.04.2005 - Axum obelisk has returned to Ethiopia
» 06.04.2005 - Egypt's pharaohs enjoyed red wine
» 31.03.2005 - Role of African memorial museums discussed
» 23.03.2005 - East Africans "genetically most diverse"
» 09.02.2005 - African rock art "under severe threat"
» 25.01.2005 - Religious knowledge set found to check Africa's development
» 25.01.2005 - 4.5 million-year-old hominids found in Ethiopia
» 29.11.2004 - Scull of Egypt's biblical Pharaoh may be found
» 06.09.2004 - New tomb found below Egypt's Giza pyramids
» 02.07.2004 - Million-year-old human skull found in Kenya
» 20.04.2004 - South Africa "cradle of human culture"
» 25.03.2004 - African scientists map origin of continent's cattle
» 10.02.2004 - Rock paintings in South Africa older than thought
» 05.11.2003 - Earliest ever stone tool excavated in Ethiopia
» 30.07.2003 - Muslim-Christian coexistence in Nigeria studied

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