History is being rewritten at an archaeological site in Morocco. What the discovery of an ancient wall tells us

By Giulio Lucarini, Senior Researcher, Institute of Heritage Science, National Research Council (CNR)
Cyprian Broodbank, Disney Professor of Archaeology, Director, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge
Toby C. Wilkinson, Assistant Research Professor, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge

In the hills of north-west Morocco, overlooking the river that gives the site its name, research at Oued Beht is bringing to light a previously unknown chapter of the region’s past. The discovery of a substantial built structure suggests that, during the second millennium BC, communities in north-west Africa were actively shaping their environment. They were also engaging in broader networks of interaction across the Mediterranean world.

Previous research by the Oued Beht Archaeological Project had already

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