A new ocean is being formed in Africa

A new ocean is being formed in Africa. Geologists have confirmed that a new ocean is being created as the African continent is split in half. An international effort has revealed that a 35 miles long rift appeared in the Ethiopian deserts of the Far region in 2005 and is probably the start of a brand-new sea.

The recent study, published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, combines seismic data from the rift formation to demonstrate that it is driven by processes similar to those at the ocean's bottom. The tectonic plates of Africa and Arabia collide in the desert and have been gradually separating for about 30 million years. The same motion has also split the Red Sea, but this is only happening at a rate of a fraction of an inch per year.

Soon humanity might have two motherlands. Africa's 54 nations are being divided according to geologists researching the continent's plate tectonics. The East African Rift, which separates eastern coastal countries like Kenya and Tanzania from most of the continent, passes across Mozambique from the Afar area of northern Ethiopia.

A new study in the journal Nature found that the two pieces of land are separating at a rate of 7 millimeters per year. Nations like Zambia and Uganda will have their own coastlines. Scientists claim that several currently active volcanoes along the river, including the Aloo Dalapila in Ethiopia and the Old wenyolangai in Tanzania, provide new insights into the process. In particular, the Erta Ale volcano in Ethiopia has been erupting nonstop for more than 50 years. The Victoria microplate, the biggest of its kind on Earth and tucked between each side of the rift, has been rotating against the clock for the past two years.

Nyx, the Only God Zeus Feared: Was She More Powerful Than Zeus?

In today’s video, we’re going to discuss Nyx, a primordial deity and the personification of night, one of the most powerful goddesses, if not the most powerful goddess, in all of Greek mythology. First, we’re going to look at what Greek mythology has to say about Nyx, which can be broken down into three parts: Nyx’s role in the creation myth given in Hesiod’s Theogony, Nyx’s dark and shadowy house at the edge of creation, and some information about the Trojan War that dovetails into Nyx’s near confrontation with Zeus in which she protects her son Hypnos and basically scares the king of the gods away.

Homo erectus: Why Did the Most Successful Early Human Go Extinct?

The Ancients host Tristan Hughes sits down with Professor John Mcnabb at the University of Southampton to discuss the extinct species of archaic human, Homo Erectus (aka the 'Upright Man') that existed about 2 million years ago.

Were these ancient ancestors the first to make stone tools? Were they the first to create fires? How did they hunt? How similar were they to Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens? Why did they go extinct?

Tristan and John cover all of this ground as well as touching upon another species of human that lived on the remote islands of Indonesia, Homo Floresiensis, otherwise known as 'The Hobbit' due to its small structure and features.

The Most Amazing Archaeology Discoveries of Egypt as of 2023

For hundreds of years, Ancient Egypt has been a land full of mysteries and wonders, from the Great Pyramid of Giza to the mummies. It has always been a fascinating place for anthropologists and archaeologists alike to discover new things.

And in the first 30 days of this year that included unearthing a mysterious tomb, a mummy wrapped in gold, and uncovering an entire ancient city.

A Utah Family Were Renovating Their Yard When They Unearthed The Remains Of An Ice Age Beast

After embarking on a home building project, Laura and Bridger Hill were digging up their yard. But when a layer of the ground was removed, something unexpected appeared in the dirt: a row of rib bones. That certainly wasn’t all, though. Following further investigation, the Hills realized that they had the nearly complete skeleton of some mysterious creature on their hands. Yet even at this point, the family had no clue as to the significance of their find (Ice Age Beast).

12 Most Amazing Ancient Egypt Finds

People love to hear stories about ancient Egypt. Egypt is one of the few countries in the world where most of the tourists who go there do so because of its history rather than any of its present-day attractions - not that there's anything wrong with present-day Egypt! We simply never get tired of hearing about amazing finds in Egypt, and we'd love to share this collection with you.

Ancient 'massacre' unearthed near Lake Turkana, Kenya

Archaeologists say they have unearthed the earliest evidence of warfare between hunter-gatherers to be scientifically dated, at a remote site in northern Kenya.

The 10,000-year-old remains of 27 people found west of Lake Turkana show that they met violent deaths.

They were left to die there rather than being buried.

Many experts have argued that conflict only came about as humans became more settled.

These people, by contrast, were apparently nomadic hunter-gatherers.

The archaeologists, who have been working on the site at Nataruk since 2012, discovered that the victims were clubbed or stabbed to death in a single event.

The dead included male and female adults, as well as children.

The evidence, published in the journal Nature, does not reveal exactly what happened but the fact that so many people died at the same time suggests it was the result of "some sort of conflict", according to Cambridge University Professor Robert Foley.

Why this is significant - Marta Mirazon Lahr, lead researcher:

Nataruk records what is, for now, the oldest scientifically-dated case of conflict between two nomadic hunter-gatherer groups.

Nevertheless, its significance is not its age, but the fact that it involved these groups, who had few possessions to fight over.

Nataruk establishes definitively that inter-group violence can and did arise regardless of whether the populations were settled.

All it needed was moments of food abundance, causing groups to grow in size, putting pressure on the resources. Then the benefits of stealing from another group could outweigh the costs of the conflict that might ensue.

Nataruk was an important place because it was at the edge of a super lake beach which would have attracted all land animals to drink, as well as giving access to fishing grounds, while other parts of the shore of Lake Turkana (the forested Kerio Delta, for example, or the rocky whole southern edge) would not have that.

It is believed that the group was attacked by rival hunter-gatherers armed with wooden clubs and arrows or spears tipped with sharpened obsidian, a rare black volcanic rock.

Speculating on the causes of the attack, Marta Mirazon Lahr, who led the Nataruk study, said the "massacre may have resulted from an attempt to seize resources... whose value was similar to those of later food-producing agricultural societies, among whom violent attacks on settlements became part of life".

Today, the area where the bodies were found is scrubland, but the researchers say that 10,000 years ago it would have been fertile and very close to the shoreline of the lake.

Many experts have argued that conflicts only arise "once people have things worth fighting over, [such as] herds of livestock, stores of grain... things that you can both defend and attack," Professor Foley told the BBC's Newsday radio programme.

It has been assumed that hunter-gatherers were less likely to engage in such conflicts because they can move away, but the Nataruk find shows that "before we have settled life, groups were competing over resources", Professor Foley added.

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-3537...

The Untold Truth Of Adam And Eve's Daughters

Everyone knows the Biblical story of Adam and Eve, and most people are also familiar with the story of their sons Cain and Abel. But many people would have you believe that that's where it ends when it comes to Adam and Eve's kids. According to some histories, that's very much not the case.

According to lost or uncanonical biblical texts like "The Book of the Daughters of Adam," "The Conflict of Adam and Eve with Satan," and the Book of Jubilees, Adam and Eve begat way more than just their two problematic sons. They also had daughters named Luluwa, Aklia, and more — dozens more, making their family way weirder than you may expect. This is the untold truth of Adam and Eve's daughters.

Top 10 Incredible Finds That Archaeologists Still Can't Explain Today

We enjoy an interesting mystery. While it is exciting when an archaeologist unearths something and is able to explain everything about what it is and what it says about the people who lived before us, we are far more interesting when they unearth something mysterious.

Even with all of today's technology, the quantity of knowledge about our ancestors and how they lived that we still lack is amazing. If we correctly understood the function of the bizarre artifacts you're about to witness in this film, perhaps we might understand them a bit better.

We try to find archaeological artefacts with origins explained and archaeological finds which are mysterious and ancient. Mystery of ancient discoveries has always been interesting people. so stay tuned for more.

Did the Greeks Believe Their Myths?

In today’s video we will be exploring an abridged version of a chapter in the book "Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants." Enjoy!

Dinosaur "Mummies"

In the video below we will talk about the very special and rare phenomena of “dinosaur mummies” or “mummified dinosaurs” and what paleontologists can learn from these amazing finds. We will mainly discuss the hadrosaur genus Edmontosaurus but also other dinosaurs and fossil animals as well. Hope you enjoy and learn something new!

The Archaeology Iceberg Explained

Today, we will explore some of the most bizarre and obscure stories and facts related to the field of archaeology. In this video, we talk about everything from mummies to Giant Aztec Snake statues to Sweet Potatoes to ancient Barbie dolls. Enjoy!

The Tibetan Empire: a Silk Road Superpower

The Tibetan Empire was founded in the early medieval era, and quickly rose to become a pan-Asian Empire that engaged extensively with the Indian subcontinent, controlled valuable overland Silk Road routes, and contended with China. This is the story of the Rise of the Tibetan Empire -- from the founding of the empire to the rumblings of a golden age.

15 INCREDIBLE Animal Fossils

When left in the right environment, animals can become fossilized over thousands and millions of years… Almost everything we know about the prehistoric world has been learned from the discovery of fossils, and they’ve proven to be an incredible window into the past. While something can be learned from all of them, there are undoubtedly some that are more important and fascinating than the rest… so join us for today's video as we take a look at 15 incredible animal fossils.

11,300-Year-Old MEGASTRUCTURE: WF16 & the Birth of Civilisation

Just when I thought I had presented all of the most incredible Pre-Pottery Neolithic sites of Western Asia, I stumble across another hidden gem, a 12,000-year-old site that was only discovered in 1996, and it’s amazing architecture is worthy to be mentioned alongside the likes of Gobekli Tepe, Karahan Tepe and Jericho.

The site is truly ancient, it’s Pre-Pottery Neolithic A, and is known as WF16, which actually stands for Wadi Faynan 16 – an extraordinary site in the Southern Levant, in Southern Jordan, the most southerly early Neolithic settlement I’ve covered on the Ancient Architects channel and it’s one you’ll want to remember.

The Pre-Pottery Neolithic A was a true transition phase in the human story, between the Epi-Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers and the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B farmers, a time when the worldview for many was changing, and you could argue that this time marked the true birth of civilisation.

Until the discovery of WF16, the PPNA sites of the Southern Levant were far less spectacular than those we find in the north. There was no southern equivalent to Gobekli Tepe or Mureybet, with most settlements appearing more like small hamlets or camps, as opposed to major population centres.

When WF16 was first discovered, it was thought to be just a seasonal camp, but with more excavation, that opinion would soon change. This was a large settlement with so many amazing archaeological finds, more than 30 structures and one special purpose megastructure, which makes this site so unique in the Southern Levant.

Watch this video to learn more about WF16, the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A and the birth of civilisation.

12 Most Incredible Unexpected Treasures Found Recently

Archaeologists are always busy. There isn’t an off-season in archaeology - there’s always something out there to find, and there’s always somebody willing to find it! That means we have a never-ending supply of archaeological discoveries to share with you. This collection of recent wonders is just as packed with ancient delights as everything that’s gone before it, so let’s show you the goods!