Africa Archive
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Did the Ancient Egyptians of the Old, Middle and New Kingdom ever reach Malta and the Central Mediterranean?
Posted on June 18, 2013 | No CommentsA number of ancient Egyptian artefacts have reached the Maltese islands over the centuries. The Phoenicians seem to have been the main importers of these artefacts in antiquity, and yet some archaeological specimens reached the islands before their time. -
The Teaching of Latin in a Multicultural Society: Problems and Possibilities
Posted on February 25, 2013 | No CommentsThe phenomenon of bicultural alienation amounting to almost total loss of identity is frequently documented. The problem of multilingualism has different aspects: to be able to join the mainstream of modern African urban life, native African speakers need to acquire at least one, often two, European-based languages. To promulgate an own, African education that would equip the native speaker with the tools to adapt to an 'Africanized' technological and media- controlled era would require the adaptation in South Africa alone of about eleven African languages to this era and its specialized vocabulary -
Kushite buildings at Kawa
Posted on February 19, 2013 | No CommentsA number of temples, other religious monuments and houses were excavated at Kawa in the 1920s and 1930s by the Oxford Excavation Committee. The current survey and excavation project by the Sudan Archaeological Research Society has been recording many additional buildings of the early Kushite period, some of which are presented in this article. -
Archaeologist searches for lost Nubian royal city
Posted on January 22, 2013 | No CommentsGeoff Emberling is doing what few archaeologists do anymore in a world that has been worked over pretty well by picks, trowels and shovels. He's searching for a lost royal city. -
The Ancient Chariots of Libya
Posted on January 20, 2013 | No CommentsI had long wanted to follow in the tracks of the chariots on a journey to the ends of the ancient Roman world to discover something of modern-day Libya. -
The Circumnavigation of Africa
Posted on December 5, 2012 | No CommentsIt is commonly believed that the first circumnavigation of Africa was made by the Portuguese under Vasco da Gama in A.D. 1497-99. However a closer look at the records will reveal that they in fact were not the first people to do so. -
History of the Aqueduct and general aspects of its preservation
Posted on October 19, 2012 | No CommentsThe history of the Aqueduct during Antiquity is intimately linked to the history of the city of Carthago, under the Roman then the Byzantine occupation -
The Remains of Alexander the Great: The God, The King, The Symbol
Posted on October 11, 2012 | No CommentsAlexander, suffering for several days before his death, knew his end was imminent. This knowledge did not urge him to name an official successor, but he did request a burial site: the temple of Zeus-Ammon in the Siwah oasis in northern Africa, where he was addressed as the son of Ammon. -
Tiberius, Tacfarinas, and the Jews
Posted on September 29, 2012 | No CommentsDespite this relative wealth of sources, their combined evidence does not allow of a clear explanation as to why exactly Tiberius expelled the Jews from Rome in AD 19. Although they preserve broadly similar accounts of the circumstances surrounding this expulsion, they differ among themselves in several points of detail and interpretation. -
Trial by Fire: a Comparison of Provincial Cremations within the Roman Empire and the Implications for Cultural Analysis
Posted on August 30, 2012 | No CommentsIt has become clear that the culture of the Romans influenced the cultures of the provinces. Many theories have been developed to explore the nature of the exchanges between the Romans and the peoples of the provinces, and how they affected the culture and the material remains within the provinces.
