The movement of tectonic plates may take millions of years, but in Northern Ethiopia, you can see it happen in real time. In recent years, Ethiopia's Afar region has been hit with earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, and huge cracks have suddenly appeared which run for miles. It’s the start of the formation of a new ocean, which will one day split Africa in two.

DNA study and reviews on haplogroups from ancient migrations and studies done on Modern Egyptians comparing their genetics to the Ancient Egyptians.

Description below is provided by the Kings' Monologue. In this short documentary we will be taking a deep dive into the claims made by a heavily referenced study published in Nature communications. It claims that ancient egyptian ancestry is largely non-african, based on dna that was collected from mummies in Middle Egypt. We will be exploring the truth behind these claims, but even more importantly, we will be uncovering some surprising outcomes from this research that have opened new insights, a smoking gun of sorts, into how this data should be interpreted. I advice you to stick around around to the end so you dont miss any of that. Thanks so much to my current Patrons: Cherio, Tracey, Marshall, Jason, Kevin, Christian, CalvinReferences:Matching STR Algorithm | ATCC – Understanding the Matching Algorithm | ATCC.orgFrom mess to matrix and beyond: estimating the size of settlements in the Ptolemaic Fayum/Egypt - ScienceDirect - From mess to matrix and beyond: estimating the size of settlements in the Ptolemaic Fayum/Egypt – Lee & MuellerDNA discovery reveals relatives of ancient Egyptians | CNN - DNA discovery reveals genetic history of ancient Egyptians – Thomas PagePopaffiliator1-Meta-Analysis-STR-Hawass-et-al - Google Sheets- - PopAffiliator Meta AnalysisAncestry and Pathology in King Tutankhamun's Family | Congenital Defects | JAMA | JAMA Network - Ancestry and Pathology in King Tutankhamun's Family - Zahi Hawass, PhD; Yehia Z. Gad, MD; Somaia Ismail, PhD; et alRevisiting the harem conspiracy and death of Ramesses III: anthropological, forensic, radiological, and genetic study | The BMJ - Revisiting the harem conspiracy and death of Ramesses III: anthropological, forensic, radiological, and genetic study - Zahi Hawass, egyptologist1, Somaia Ismail, professor of molecular biology23, Ashraf Selim, professor of radiology4, Sahar N Saleem, professor of radiology4, Dina Fathalla, molecular biologist3, Sally Wasef, molecular biologist5, Ahmed Z Gad, molecular biologist3, Rama Saad, molecular biologist3, Suzan Fares, molecular biologist3, Hany Amer, assistant professor of pharmacology6, Paul Gostner, radiologist7, Yehia Z Gad, professor of molecular genetics2, Carsten M Pusch, molecular biologist8, Albert R Zink, paleopathologist9OSF Preprints | Ancient Egyptian Genomes from northern Egypt: Further discussion - Ancient Egyptian Genomes from northern Egypt: Further discussion | Jean-Philippe Gourdine, Shomarka Keita, Jean-Luc Gourdine, Alain AnselinWayback Machine (archive.org) - Ramesses III and African Ancestry in the 20th Dynasty of New Kingdom Egypt – DNA TribesWayback Machine (archive.org) - Last of the Amarna Pharaohs: King Tut and His RelativesWayback Machine (archive.org) - Ancient Eurasian and African Ancestry in EuropeAncient Egyptian mummy genomes suggest an increase of Sub-Saharan African ancestry in post-Roman periods | Nature Communications - Ancient Egyptian mummy genomes suggest an increase of Sub-Saharan African ancestry in post-Roman periods | Verena J. Schuenemann, Alexander Peltzer, Beatrix Welte, W. Paul van Pelt, Martyna Molak, Chuan-Chao Wang, Anja Furtwängler, Christian Urban, Ella Reiter, Kay Nieselt, Barbara Teßmann, Michael Francken, Katerina Harvati, Wolfgang Haak, Stephan Schiffels & Johannes Krause

Fascinating look at the origins and history of the Arabs. The diversity of Middle East and North Africa countries. Al-Hajj Abu Ja'far al-Hanbali joins me again for another discussion.Talking points:1. Where do the Arabs come from? What time period?2. What are the two types of Arabs?3. What kinds of people now live in the Arab world?4. How does this play out now in terms of political, religious and ethnic divides?

Sheikh Danjuma Bihari breaks down the role geography and migration plays in the history of various nations.

Hafiz Farid's rare film that looks at the Darfur conflict through eyes of Darfur's people placing their experiences front and center without the celebrity fanfare that marked the Save Darfur Movement in the early 2000s. Darfur's experience is paralleled with the trauma and healing process of other survivors of genocide and horrific wars.

⁣Exploring the history of Christian period of the Kingdom of Makuria in Medieval Sudan/Medieval Nubia using ancient DNA to understand the society and identity of the Medieval Nubians that lived in Kulubnarti near the modern town of Kulb in Northern state of Sudan.

⁣ Conclusion of Professor Manu Ampim's research on the origins and location of the Ancient Kush which ruled in Sudan and Egypt. part 3

⁣Professor Manu Ampim's research on the origins and location of the Ancient Kush which ruled in Sudan and Egypt. Part 1

Professor Manu Ampim's research on the origins and location of the Ancient Kush which ruled in Sudan and Egypt. Part 1

Construction of the Grand Egyptian Musuem to replace the smaller Cairo Musuem.

On modern Egypt and its identity