A 22-centimeter alabaster vase, inscribed to the Persian king Xerxes I, has revealed that narcotics were part of everyday ...
About 3,500 years ago, a craftsman called Panebu was recorded as off work - because he had been bitten. The note about his absence is among dozens of ancient Egyptian everyday objects which have gone ...
Researchers from Cambridge University's Fitzwilliam Museum in the UK made an astonishing discovery. They have uncovered a 4,000-year-old handprint beneath an ancient Egyptian "soul house" during ...
Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered the remains of what they believe was a large 3,400-year-old town dating to the New Kingdom. The discovery sheds new light on a lesser-known region of Egypt, ...
Sam Kean has gone back in time, at least in practice, for his new book "Dinner with King Tut." He talks with NPR's Ayesha Rascoe about "experimental archeology" and learning about ancient cultures.
A 4,000-year-old handprint has been discovered on a clay model used for offerings in an Ancient Egyptian tomb. Researchers from Cambridge University’s Fitzwilliam Museum, in the United Kingdom, ...