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

LONDON — At first whiff, it sounds repulsive: sniff the essence of an ancient corpse. But researchers who indulged their curiosity in the name of science found that well-preserved Egyptian mummies ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered broken statues of ancient royalty at a sun temple in Heliopolis, an archaeological site that was once a major city near what is now Cairo. The stone-carved ...

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

Dec. 2—The history and culture of ancient Egypt has long been a source of fascination in the West, where the wonders of the great pyramids, the mysterious sphinxes and the tombs of the pharaohs fired ...

Few plants are more celebrated in Egyptian mythology than the blue lotus, a stunning water lily that stars in some of ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the ancient remains of an Egyptian army barracks and the artifacts left there, including a still-shiny bronze sword engraved with the name of King Ramses II in ...

Hundreds of mummies were found within the tunnels in and around King Teti’s pyramid. The discovery also uncovered a queen’s pyramid, which has since been tied to Neith—a previously unknown queen to ...

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