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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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A discovery within the Great Pyramid of Giza could soon reshape our understanding of ancient Egypt, according to tantalizing ...

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Scientists uncovered Australia’s oldest known crocodile eggshells, revealing the secret lives of ancient mekosuchine ...