What is Nok culture? Ancient African Civilizations: Studying ancient civilizations can be fraught with unknowns, and sometimes aspects like the exact dates of when a civilization existed are the mere best estimates of scholars, and such estimates can vary from scholar to scholar. When studying anci...
cultures known to us is also that about which least knowledge has been available. This is the ancient iron-working culture, known as the Nok culture, whose remains, of remarkable artistic value, have been coming to light in the ‘Middle Belt’ region of Nigeria during the past twenty years...
In 1928, a worker accidentally unearthed a figurine from a tin mine in present-day Nigeria. It was the first indication of an advanced culture that flourished from as early as 900BCE to 500CE. We don’t know much about the ancient culture or even what they called themselves. Archaeologists...