Tag: Arabia

Roman Empire’s Foreign Relations in the African and Arabian Lands

In the region of Nubia, the Romans penetrated between the first cataract of the Nile and Khartoum. Nubia, at large, is a purely geographical term of disputed origin, coined in medieval times. In so far as it has a political connotation, it is connected to the Christian Nubian kingdoms which were present in this region between the middle of the sixth and the first quarter of the fourteenth century. Continue reading “Roman Empire’s Foreign Relations in the African and Arabian Lands” →

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Stone tools linked to ancient human ancestors in Arabia have surprisingly recent date

Beginning more than 1.5 million years ago, early humans made stone handaxes in a style known as the Acheulean — the longest lasting tool-making tradition in prehistory. New research led by the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History and the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage has documented an Acheulean presence in the Arabian Peninsula dating to less than 190,000 years ago, revealing that the Arabian Acheulean ended just before or at the same time as the earliest Homo sapiens dispersals into the region. Continue reading “Stone tools linked to ancient human ancestors in Arabia have surprisingly recent date” →

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