An ancient alabaster vase from Yale’s Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opium, offering the strongest evidence yet of widespread opiate use in ancient Egypt. A recently analyzed alabaster v ...

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

A tiny silver goblet discovered decades ago in the Judean Hills might hold the oldest known depiction of cosmic creation – and the scenes etched into its surface tell a surprisingly peaceful story.

New evidence says the Karnak Temple's first footprint rose on natural high ground that sat among ancient channels carved by ...

CAIRO (AP) — In an extravaganza of pharaonic imagery with a drone light show depicting ancient gods and pyramids in the sky, Egypt on Saturday inaugurated its long-delayed Grand Egyptian Museum, a ...

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Federal authorities have recovered more than a dozen ancient Egyptian artifacts illegally smuggled into the United States and destined for private collectors, including a funerary statue valued at ...