The Bedouin, Beduin, or Bedu are pastorally nomadic Arab tribes who have historically inhabited the desert regions in the Arabian Peninsula, North Africa, the Levant, and Mesopotamia. The Bedouin orig
Three bedouins sheikhs, c. 1867–1876
Bedouins in the Sinai Region, 1967
A Bedouin girl in Nuweiba, Egypt (2015)
A Bedouin warrior, pictured between 1898 and 1914
North Africa, also known as Northern Africa, is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region. However, it is sometimes defi
The population density of Africa as of 2000
Limestone head of an early Egyptian king, The Petrie Museum. Modern scholars have considered the stone bust to depict an Early Dynastic or Old Kingdom pharaoh.
Marble portrait of a Nubia denizen c. 120–100 BC.
The pyramids of Giza are among the most recognizable symbols of ancient Egyptian civilization.