Analysis detected morphine, thebaine, noscapine and other opiate alkaloids, providing the first scientific identification of ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art's new exhibition on ancient Egypt features nearly 100 pieces from international institutions ...

It also highlights the methods by which people animated the gods for daily veneration, establishing a crucial link between ...

Rare photographs from a long-sealed Egyptian archaeological site are finally surfacing, revealing an enigmatic underground structure that has sparked intense debate among researchers for over a ...

While GEM is a monumental effort to showcase ancient Egyptian artefacts, critics argue that these controversies overshadow ...

An Alabaster vase inscribed in four ancient languages reveals use of opiates in Egypt, offering new insight into ancient ...

Researchers analyzing an extremely rare Egyptian alabastron inscribed with the name of Persian ruler Xerxes I have discovered traces of opium within the ancient vessel, suggesting that the narcotic ...

Explore how Cleopatra VII was not just a royal ruler but a scholar who mastered languages, understood hieroglyphs, and grew ...

Excavations are shedding light on what life was like at the ancient site, which may have once housed hundreds of soldiers at ...

A n extremely rare Egyptian alabastron that was once owned by a royal elite has been found to contain traces of opium. This ...

The seized items include a funerary statue valued at $6 million that likely came from an archaeological site near the ancient ...

In the slaveholding South, ancient Egypt and its pharaohs became a way to justify slavery. For abolitionists and African Americans, biblical Egypt served as a symbol of bondage and liberation.