“Our findings, combined with prior research, indicate that opium use was more than accidental or sporadic in ancient Egyptian ...

Learn how residue trapped inside a Xerxes-era alabaster jar revealed a long-overlooked tradition of opium in ancient Egypt.

The earliest origins of rare intact—and inscribed—Egyptian alabaster vessels like the one examined are generally unknown but span the reigns of Achaemenid emperors Darius, Xerxes, and Artaxerxes, a ...

Opium use may have been a “fixture of daily life” for Ancient Egyptians, according to a new study.Experts from the Yale Peabody Museum uncovered traces of the addictive narcotic after becoming curious ...

Examination of an ancient alabaster vase in the Yale Peabody Museum's Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opiates, ...

Fireworks and drone spectacles lit up the Saharan night above a gala of Egyptian elite, heads of state, and foreign ...

Experts in Kent are to undertake a painstaking operation to relocate an Ancient Egyptian coffin lid to its new home. The ...

A new study shows ancient Egyptians made bronze stronger with speiss, changing what experts knew about early metalworking ...

Wadisuchus kassabi, an ancient crocodile from Egypt, shows crocodiles lived in the sea, offering insight into reptile evolution.