The Mercator world map, long a fixture in classrooms globally, makes the European Union appear almost as large as ...

An unrelated pair of people buried in cemeteries in 7th-century Britain probably had grandparents from West Africa ...

North Africa’s influences radiated throughout Byzantium, helping to create a Golden Age. These objects are high on the beauty and rarity scale.

With artworks rarely or never before seen in public, the exhibition sheds new light on the staggering artistic achievements of medieval Africa. In this lecture, Met Curator, Andrea Myers Achi, will ...

Topics include descriptions of key medieval cities around the Sahara; networks of exchange that contributed to the circulation of gold, copper, and ivory and their associated art forms; and medieval ...

A DNA analysis of two people who lived in Britain in the seventh century reveals they had recent African ancestry.

A new ancient DNA study help confirm, but also "contradict and complicate" the historical narrative that Swahilis paired up with Persians 1,000 years ago in East Africa.

The idea of medieval Africa as "being the center of intellectual excellence," paid for by world-wide connections and wealth, "is really important for people to understand," said the Smithsonian's ...

The man buried in Dorset is also a clear genetic outlier. In a second paper, led by archaeogeneticist George Foody from the ...

To today’s audiences, medieval art can look outright bizarre. Before the stylistic shifts that defined the Renaissance, medieval illustrations often featured flat, unrealistic figures and ...