Archaeology
- 581
- Wikipedia Leptis Magna
- Encyclopedic entry for this prominent city of the Roman Empire, also known as Lepcis Magna.
- 582
- Inland Niger Delta
- Article on the history of this region and the ancient city of Jenne-jeno or Djenne-jeno, which was first populated in about 250 B.C.
- 583
- Timbuktu
- UNESCO World Heritage site. Includes photographs, maps, a description of this centre for the propagation of Islam throughout Africa in the 15th and 16th centuries.
- 584
- Floods Damage Ancient Timbuktu
- From BBC, heavy rains in Mali destroy almost 200 old mud buildings in the desert city of Timbuktu amid fears of more flooding. (September 09, 2003)
- 585
- Archaeological Site of Volubilis
- UNESCO World Heritage site. Includes photographs, maps, a description of the site and a justification for inscription.
- 586
- Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou
- UNESCO World Heritage site. Includes photographs, maps and a description of the earthen buildings crowded together within the defensive walls.
- 587
- Medina of Fez
- UNESCO World Heritage site. Includes photographs, maps and a description of the ancient city.
- 588
- Ife (from ca. 350 B.C.)
- Article on this city which, according to the Yoruba people, is where the founding deities Oduduwa and Obatala began the creation of the world.
- 589
- Ife Pre-Pavement and Pavement Era (800–1000 A.D.)
- Article on this ancient Yoruba city in south-western Nigeria.
- 590
- Nok Terracottas (500 BC–200 AD)
- The Nok culture remains an enigma. It is one of the earliest African centers of ironworking and terracotta figure production.
- 591
- Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove
- UNESCO World Heritage site. Includes photographs, maps, a description of the site and a statement of significance.
- 592
- Settlement Archaeology in Nigeria
- The history of scientific archaeological research in Nigeria and its relatively recent development.
- 593
- Sukur Cultural Landscape
- UNESCO World Heritage site. Includes photographs, maps, a description of the site and a justification for inscription.
- 594
- Island of Gorée
- UNESCO World Heritage site. Includes photographs, maps, a description of the slave trading center.
- 595
- Island of Saint-Louis
- UNESCO World Heritage site. Includes photographs, maps, a description of the site and a statement of significance.
- 596
- African Rock Art: The Coldstream Stone
- Article on this small polychrome stone, found buried with a human skeleton near the Lottering River in the southern part of the Western Cape province.
- 597
- Arts of the San People in Nomansland
- Article by Geoffrey Blundell on the paintings of the San people who survived in this area for longer than in other parts of South Africa.
- 598
- Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs
- UNESCO World Heritage site. Includes photographs, maps and a description of the site.