A 22-centimeter alabaster vase, inscribed to the Persian king Xerxes I, has revealed that narcotics were part of everyday ...

Scientists have found traces of ancient opiates in the residue lining an Egyptian alabaster vase, indicating that opiate use ...

The largest false door of its kind has been found in an ancient Egyptian tomb, and it is a truly remarkable discovery that ...

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

Merit's head covering was made from real human hair and was buried with her in its own wooden cabinet.

16:36, Wed, Jan 22, 2025 Updated: 16:40, Wed, Jan 22, 2025 Archaeologists have made an incredible Ancient Egyptian discovery 100 miles from Cairo, uncovering the extensive remains of a 3,500-year-old ...

Opium use may have been a “fixture of daily life” for Ancient Egyptians, according to a new study. Experts from the Yale ...

Tamil Nadu archaeologists collaborate in Berenike, Egypt, to uncover ancient trade links between Tamils and Romans.

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What it tells us about the past: This decorated wooden diorama was discovered in a secret chamber of an ancient Egyptian tomb in Thebes (now Luxor) in 1920. The enormous tomb was that of Meketre, the ...

EXCLUSIVE: "Archaeology wars" have broken out over claims that the Giza Sphinx was built by a psychedelic civilisation of seafaring shamans and drug-fuelled astronomers. An entire chapter of human ...

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