The advanced tools and techniques used in ancient Egypt have become a subject of fascination and intrigue among historians and archaeologists. The mastery of technology and craftsmanship demonstrated ...

Florida might seem about as far from modern-day Egypt as possible - and just a few thousand years from the end of the sprawling Ancient Egyptian Empire.

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

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

This suggests similar alabaster vessels from the time period—often made from soft calcite stone and used for perfumes and ...

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

Revolutionary scanning technology has identified two concealed air-filled anomalies behind the eastern facade of Egypt's Menkaure Pyramid, providing the first scientific evidence to support a ...

A facial reconstruction using a 3D scan of the skull Caroline Wilkinson / Liverpool John Moores University. During the third millennium B.C.E., a man was buried in a sealed ceramic pot in the Egyptian ...

Once placed in tombs to serve the dead in the afterlife, Egyptian shabtis are getting a new kind of immortality, thanks to ...

The Grand Egyptian Museum is finally having its grand reveal after two decades of anticipation and countless delays. The museum highlighting Egypt's ancient civilization is set to officially open ...