Opium use may have been a “fixture of daily life” for Ancient Egyptians, according to a new study. Experts from the Yale Peabody Museum uncovered traces of the addictive narcotic after becoming ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chemical analysis of an ancient vessel showed clear signs of opium residue. “Our findings, combined with prior research, indicate ...

Archaeologists at Athribis have uncovered more than 42,000 inscribed pottery shards revealing daily ancient Egyptian life. The ostraca include tax receipts, religious texts, and notes written in ...

Egyptian alabaster vessels may have been the ancient world’s hookah. In a study published in September in the Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies, researchers identified ...

The Egyptian proverb of the day reminds us that constantly living in fear does not keep us safe; it only holds us back. The ...

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