Africa

Nefertiti

Has the world been blinded by Nefertiti’s beauty?

A view over Yaoundé, Cameroon

My favourite place: Yaoundé, Cameroon

John Blanke. (Illustration: Rose Wilkinson for BBC History Magazine)

Black faces of Tudor England

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Black Tudors . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

El Alamein battle in the Libyan desert, c1942. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

El Alamein: the line in the sand

A bust of Queen Nefertiti of Ancient Egypt. (Photo by Oliver Lang/AFP/Getty Images)

Q&A Where is Nefertiti’s mummy?

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The big question: Is Africa a prisoner of its past?

Seven princesses with the name ‘Cleopatra’ are credited as sitting on the throne of Egypt. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

Q&A How many Cleopatras ruled Ancient Egypt?

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Ruth Williams Khama: first lady of Botswana

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Colourful streets of the Bo-Kaap district in Cape Town South Africa

Explore Cape Town: Africa’s ‘Mother City’ . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Seeking eternity: 5,000 years of ancient Egyptian burial

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“The idea that pharaohs were worshipped as all-powerful gods is just plain silly”: John Romer on the truth about ancient Egypt . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An acrobat dancer, c1200 BC. (Getty Images)

Love, sex and marriage in ancient Egypt

View of Algiers with mediterranean galleys, published in Johannes van Keulen's Dutch Atlas, 1709. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

When Britons were slaves in Africa

Pyramids at Giza. (DEA/A Vergani/De Agostini/Getty Images)

Ancient Egyptian family trees: are present-day Egyptians the descendants of the ancient Egyptians who built the pyramids?