The modern desire overlaps with the ancient Egyptians’ longing for immortality. In the Giza Desert southwest of Cairo, Egypt.

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“Our findings combined with prior research indicate that opium use was more than accidental or sporadic in ancient Egyptian ...

One of the most famous instances took place in Egypt itself more than 150 years ago. In 1871, Cairo hosted the opera Aida to ...

For generations, the ancient Egyptian city of Akhetaten—built by the controversial Pharaoh Akhenaten—was shrouded in the ...

Examination of an ancient alabaster vase in the Yale Peabody Museum's Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opiates, ...

The exhibition also includes more recent archaeological discoveries from Saqqara – the necropolis of the ancient capital ...

“Our findings, combined with prior research, indicate that opium use was more than accidental or sporadic in ancient Egyptian ...

Opium use may have been a “fixture of daily life” for Ancient Egyptians, according to a new study. Experts from the Yale Peabody Museum uncovered traces of the addictive narcotic after becoming ...

Spices, ancient treasures of human civilization, have shaped history from currency to royalty and medicine. Traces of their ...

Researchers believe that these findings will bring a new change in the understanding of ancient medical and medicinal ...

People have been choosing plant-based diets for thousands of years, for reasons that go far beyond food fads. From ancient ...