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Archaeologist | Researcher |Cambridge Late prehistoric North Africa (3800–500 BC) | Farming orcid.org/0000-0002-4929-6290 Also known as Hamza Benattia Melgarejo

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Hamza Benattia (also known as Hamza Benattia Melgarejo) investigates the long term socioeconomic and cultural dynamics of Mediterranean Africa from the end of the Neolithic to the onset of the Iron Age (c. 3800–500 BC). He's research focuses particularly on how local communities adapted to environmental changes and engaged in mobility and trans-regional connections. Although North Africa has historically been absent from major archaeological debates and research, it constitutes a significant po…

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Dana Grant Report: Kach Kouch, Morocco

Dana Grant Report: Kach Kouch, Morocco

A generous grant from ASOR-the Stevan B. Dana Project Grant-helped support the 2023-24 excavation season of t…

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Newly discovered 4,000-year-old settlement in Morocco rewrites history

Newly discovered 4,000-year-old settlement in Morocco rewrites history

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Rock art and tomb discoveries in Morocco reveal ancient connections to the wider world

Rock art and tomb discoveries in Morocco reveal ancient connections to the wider world

A ritual and funerary landscape is emerging in northwestern Africa, revealing connections with the Mediterran…

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Maroc: L'histoire cachée du pays - L'archéologie, l'ADN et la datation au carbone réécrivent l'histoire du monde antique

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By Hamza Benattia
| AllAfrica.com Français
Pendant des décennies, les récits sur la Méditerranée antique se sont concentrés sur les grandes civilisations de la Grèce, de Rome, de la Phénicie et de l'Égypte. L'Afrique du Nord-Ouest n'apparaît que rarement dans ce tableau avant l'arrivée des commerçants phéniciens sur les côtes marocaines, il y a environ 3 000 ans. Mais l'archéologie révèle aujourd'hui une toute autre histoire.
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L'histoire cachée du Maroc : l'archéologie, l'ADN et la datation au carbone réécrivent l'histoire du monde antique

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By Hamza Benattia
| The Conversation Verified
Pendant des décennies, les récits sur la Méditerranée antique se sont concentrés sur les grandes civilisations de la Grèce, de Rome, de la Phénicie et de l'Égypte. L’Afrique du Nord-Ouest n’apparaît que rarement dans ce tableau avant l’arrivée des commerçants phéniciens sur les côtes marocaines, il y a environ 3 000 ans. Mais l’archéologie révèle aujourd’hui une toute autre histoire.
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Morocco’s hidden history: archaeology, DNA and carbon dating rewrite the story of the ancient world

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By Hamza Benattia
| The African Mirror
FOR decades, stories about the ancient Mediterranean have centred on the grand cultures of Greece, Rome, Phoenicia and Egypt. Northwest Africa seldom enters the picture before the arrival of Phoenician traders on the Moroccan coast about 3,000 years ago. But archaeology is now revealing a different story.
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