Architecture

c. 800–1700 CE

Faith and Community in the Swahili Cities

Explore mosques at Kilwa and Gedi, earlier evidence from Shanga, and the ways religious practice became part of Swahili urban life.

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c. 1350–1550 CE

Coral Houses and Courtyards: Everyday Life in a Swahili Town

Enter Songo Mnara’s houses through evidence of food preparation, thread-making and water storage, and explore the unequal lives behind the walls.

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c. 800–1500 CE

Kilwa: Inside a Powerful Trading City

Step inside Kilwa through Husuni Kubwa, its octagonal pool and the Great Mosque, and explore how wealth took shape in coral and lime.

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c. 2600–2500 BCE

Who Built the Egyptian Pyramids—and How Was the Work Organised?

Follow workers’ settlements, food supplies and administrative traces to understand the people and organisation behind the pyramids at Giza.

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c. 3500–2700 BCE

Uruk: How an Early City Worked

Explore early Uruk through its buildings, waterways and clay tablets. Discover how archaeology helps explain life in one of Mesopotamia’s earliest cities.

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