Ancient Origins

Opium Found in Royal Egyptian Vase Inscribed to Xerxes I

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 ...
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King Tut's Tomb Uncovered Again in This Week's Top Stories

King Tut's Tomb Uncovered Again in This Week's Top Stories ...
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Everyone Thought This Ancient City Was Destroyed By Plague. A New Analysis Says It Never Happened

The tale of Akhetaten, the ancient Egyptian city that for a brief point in the 14th century BCE was the state’s capital and ...
Greek Reporter

Tutankhamun’s Tomb Faces Collapse Risk After Decades of Decay, Experts Warn

Tutankhamun's tomb collapse risk grows as cracks, fungi, and humidity threaten the ancient site, prompting urgent expert warnings.
TASS Russian News Agency

Egyptian authorities refute reports that Tutankhamun’s tomb may collapse

The Daily Mail newspaper reported earlier on Tuesday, that the 3,300-year-old tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh may collapse due to the threat of flooding ...

King Tutankhamun’s tomb is headed for collapse — archaeologists want to move a literal mountain to save it

A disaster could strike at any moment, and if the Valley of the Kings is to be preserved, action must be taken before it is ...

Met Museum’s first Egypt show in over a decade brings ancient gods and goddesses to life

The powerful gods of ancient Egypt are having a get-together on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. That would be at the ...
Ancient Origins

Tutankhamun's Tomb Faces Collapse Risk After a Century of its Discovery

According to research published in Nature's npj Heritage Science journal, Professor Sayed Hemeda of Cairo University's Department of Preservation of Architectural Heritage has identified structural ...