“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.

Examination of an ancient alabaster vase in the Yale Peabody Museum's Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opiates, ...

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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 ...

With the world already watching Egypt, hoping that the soul ship of Cheops (TIME, June 7) would prove to be laden with fascinating cargo, a second discovery came to light. Dr. Mohammed Zakaria Ghoneim ...

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 ...

This pharaoh is under wraps no longer. Archeologists and graphics experts have recreated the facial features of one of Egypt’s most significant pharaohs, Amenhotep I, who ruled during the 18th Dynasty ...

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Naggar, a pioneering figure in the field of scientific interpretation of the Qur’an, has died at the age of 92.