Italo-Eritrea Archeologists Discover Horn of Africa’s Oldest Churches

…. dates back to the second half of the 4th century. BY ANSA * An Italo-Eritrean mission found remains of two early Christian churches, which dates back to the second half of the 4th century, and, therefore, it is estimated that the Horn of Africa Christianity would have extended few decades after the Decree of […]

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800,000-Year-Old Footprints Found in Eritrean Desert

The first footprints of a direct ancestor to modern humans may have been found in the desert of southeast Eritrea. By Rossella Lorenzi | for Seeker, Researchers digging in the desert of southeast Eritrea have uncovered what could be the first footprints that are clearly attributed to Homo erectus, a species of hominid widely considered […]

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Over 1.5 Million Year-old Human Skeleton Discovered in Buya, Eritrea

BY SHABAIT, Over one-million-year-old human skeleton including skulls and molars have been unearthed in Buya area, Northern Red Sea region. In the task undertaken by Eritrean and Italian archaeologists, the skeleton of the human species was excavated by Mr. Tsegai Medin, director of the research department at the National Museum of Eritrea. The unearthing of molars […]

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