Opium use may have been widespread in ancient Egyptian culture—including potentially among notable kings. Yale researchers found chemical traces of opiates in an ancient alabaster vase at the Peabody ...

New Haven, Conn. — Examination of an ancient alabaster vase in the Yale Peabody Museum’s Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opiates, providing the clearest evidence to date of broad opium ...

A fragment of an ancient necklace decorated with the face of King Tutankhamun has revealed lost rituals that reinforced loyalty among elites. The artifact, discovered in the Myers Collection at Eton ...

Excerpted from Dinner with King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists Are Re-creating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations by Sam Kean. Copyright ...

Yale researchers found chemical traces of opiates inside an ancient Egyptian alabaster vase The vase dates between 550 and 425 BC, possibly linked to Achaemenid emperors' era Opium use in ancient ...

British archaeologists Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon became the first souls to enter King Tutankhamen’s tomb in more than ...

King Charles has bypassed Parliament to freeze the powers of London’s mayor Sadiq Khan, by invoking a power called the “sovereign safeguard authority”, which has effectively halted the mayor’s control ...

November 2025 marks 100 years since archaeologists first examined Tutankhamun’s mummified remains. What followed wasn’t scientific triumph – it was destruction. Using hot knives and brute force, ...