Month: December 2013

source http://fieldmuseum.org/about/ancient-chinese-coin-found-kenyan-island-field-museum-expedition A joint expedition of scientists led by Chapurukha M. Kusimba of The Field Museum and Sloan R. Williams of the University of Illinois at Chicago has unearthed a 600-year-old Chinese coin on the Kenyan island of Manda that shows trade existed between China and east Africa decades before European explorers set sail and…

This ancient city is located in Sudan towards the Eritrean side. It consisted of over 200 Nubian pyramis. These can be seen on Google map below https://maps.google.co.ke/maps?q=Meroe&ll=16.938305,33.749576&spn=0.002899,0.005284&hq=Meroe&t=h&z=18 https://maps.google.co.ke/maps?q=Meroe&ll=16.938305,33.749576&spn=0.002899,0.005284&hq=Meroe&t=h&z=18 The city was reknown for Iron smelting. Also, international trade mainly in glass beads, textiles, gold and livestock was a major economic activity. Francis Gichuhi Kamau, Architect.…