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 ...
Egyptian alabaster vessels may have been the ancient world’s hookah. In a study published in September in the Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies, researchers identified ...
A 3,300-year-old whistle, carved from a cow's toe bone, has been uncovered at Akhetaten, present-day Amarna, an ancient Egyptian capital founded by Tutankhamun's father. This rare discovery offers a ...