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.

Researchers found the building's remains at Tel Habwa, an archaeological site northeast of Cairo. Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Around 3,500 years ago, ancient Egypt underwent a ...

A 22-centimeter alabaster vase, inscribed to the Persian king Xerxes I, has revealed that narcotics were part of everyday ...

A rare example of a sun hat from late Roman Egypt that was stitched together from fabrics in five colors.

An ancient alabaster vase from Yale’s Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opium, offering the strongest evidence yet of widespread opiate use in ancient Egypt. A recently analyzed alabaster v ...

Scientists have found traces of ancient opiates in the residue lining an Egyptian alabaster vase, indicating that opiate use was woven into the fabric of the culture. And the Egyptians didn’t just ...