History of North Africa
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The history of North Africa is typically divided into its prehistory, the classical period, the arrival and spread of Islam, the colonial era, and finally the post-independence period, in which the cu
Funeral portrait of a woman, Faiyum
A figure wearing the red crown of Lower Egypt and whose face appears to reflect the features of the reigning king, most probably Amenemhat II or Senwosret II. It functioned as a divine guardian for the imiut, and it is wearing a divine kilt, which suggests that the statuette was not merely a representation of the living ruler.
Ruins of the Roman town of Cuicul in Djemila
The Great Mosque of Kairouan in present-day Tunisia was founded by the Arab conqueror Uqba Ibn Nafi al-Fihiri in 670 AD
Algeria
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Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. Spanning over 2,381,741 square kilometres, it is the largest country in Africa and
"Algeria" page in the Civitates Orbis Terrarium of 1575
Rock art in the Tassili n’Ajjer plateau of Algeria has been dated to seven to 10 thousand years ago
Numidian coin of King Masinissa
The Arch of Trajan in the Roman ruins of Timgad