Archaeologists in northwest Morocco have uncovered the first known Bronze Age settlement in the ... societies first appeared in this part of North Africa. The site, known as Kach Kouch, predates ...

The discovery reveals a much richer and more complex history of the Maghreb than previously thought, indicating that the region was not an empty land before the arrival of the Phoenicians around ...

The discovery of a 4,000-year-old Bronze Age settlement at Kach Kouch in Morocco challenges the belief that the Maghreb was ...

The cultural continuity documented at Kach Kouch suggests that these populations are the direct ancestors of the Mauretanian peoples of north-west Africa. Kach Kouch is not only the first and oldest ...

These findings indicate that contact between ancient communities on both sides of the Arabian Gulf resulted in shared musical traditions central to rituals and religious beliefs, Douglas’ team says.

In addition, the oldest known bronze object in north Africa (excluding Egypt ... It’s unclear whether the Maghreb populations in the Bronze Age lived in tribes, as would later occur during ...