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Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Ngwenya Mines
Ngwenya Mine is situated on the north-western border of Swaziland. Its iron ore deposits constitute one of the oldest geological formations in the world, and also have the distinction of being the site of the world's earliest mining activity.
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Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Archaeology: Lucy, World's Oldest, Returns to Ethiopia
Welcome home Lucy' read the banners adorning the National Museum of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa, where the 3.2m-year-old skeleton of an early human ancestor, Australopithecus afarensis, was on display at the beginning of May.
Lucy, or Dinknesh (meaning 'you are amazing' in Amharic), had returned from a five-year tour of the United States.
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Sunday, October 6, 2013
The "Moors" of Europe
Variants of the term "Moor" have been used by Europeans since ancient times as a general description for indigenous Africans. Contrary to popular belief, the term is not synonymous with any specific African or Arab civilization, ethnicity or religion.
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