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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 ...

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

The Grand Egyptian Museum, has brought in new measures to try to regulate the rush of visitors, who have flocked to see ...

Scientists have found traces of ancient opiates in the residue lining an Egyptian alabaster vase, indicating that opiate use ...

Egypt reaffirms readiness to partner with Nigeria on heritage preservation as it unveils the world’s largest archaeological ...

The Grand Egyptian Museum is around 30 minutes’ drive from downtown Cairo and 2km from the Pyramids. You can book tickets and ...

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, ...