Kach Kouch, the settlement that rewrites Bronze Age history in North Africa
20/03/2025
Hamza Benattia
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Doctoral Student at the Faculty of Geography and History and member of the Classical and Protohistoric Archaeology research group at the University of Barcelona
Hamza Benattia
Doctoral Student at the Faculty of Geography and History and member of the Classical and Protohistoric Archaeology research group at the University of Barcelona
A new finding at Kach Kouch (Morocco) dismantles the traditional idea that the Maghreb (northwest Africa) was an empty land before the arrival of the Phoenicians, revealing a much richer and more complex history than previously thought.
All the evidence suggests that during the Bronze Age — more than 3 000 years ago — stable agricultural settlements already existed on the African coast of the Mediterranean, while societies such as the Mycenaean flourished in the eastern Mediterranean.
This discovery, led by a team of young researchers from the National Institute of Archaeology and Heritage in Morocco, not only adds to their knowledge of the recent prehistory of North Africa, but also redefines their understanding of the connections between the Maghreb and the rest of the Mediterranean at that time.
This article was originally published in The Conversation.
This discovery, led by a team of young researchers from the National Institute of Archaeology and Heritage in Morocco, not only adds to their knowledge of the recent prehistory of North Africa, but also redefines their understanding of the connections between the Maghreb and the rest of the Mediterranean at that time.
This article was originally published in The Conversation.