Another common misconception about ancient Egypt thanks to Hollywood is that all Egyptians were mummified and placed in ...

Egypt’s travelling exhibitions are rewriting global tourism as the display of ancient treasures abroad inspires new journeys ...

What do you know about Ancient Egypt, Pandas? I'll be honest – my personal knowledge pretty much begins and ends with the 1999 classic "The Mummy." And it's a shame, since the film is not historically ...

“Our findings combined with prior research indicate that opium use was more than accidental or sporadic in ancient Egyptian cultures and surrounding lands and was, to some degree, a fixture of daily ...

A PLOS ONE paper places Ahmose's reign over Egypt decades after the famous Thera volcanic eruption in the Aegean Sea, with ...

Queen Nefertiti co-ruled with Pharaoh Akhenaten, whose reign transformed ancient Egypt's religion and gender roles in the ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered a 3,000-year-old gold mining and processing complex that opens a rare window into how ...

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 ...

“Our findings, combined with prior research, indicate that opium use was more than accidental or sporadic in ancient Egyptian cultures and surrounding lands. [It] was, to some degree, a fixture of ...

An ancient alabaster vase from Yale’s Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opium, offering the strongest evidence yet ...

Treasures from Egyptian Museums in a major exhibition organised in collaboration with the Supreme Council of Antiquities ...