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 ...

A royal tomb usually settles the story, yet the mummy inside Tutankhamun's chamber keeps raising problems no one has fully ...

Open a jar of honey that’s been sitting at the back of a cupboard for years and you’ll find something remarkable: it’s still ...

The new museum, which has been averaging 19,000 daily visitors, will require online bookings starting December to regulate ...

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, ...

The centenary of a historic archaeological moment is being marked in Dorchester.