Hannah Fry and Dara Ó Briain go prospecting for answers about how much gold we've mined.

Songwriters living in ancient Egypt would never have expected the words and melodies they sung would feature on Australian ...

Scientists have found traces of ancient opiates in the residue lining an Egyptian alabaster vase, indicating that opiate use was woven into the fabric of the culture. And the Egyptians didn’t just ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Ancient Egyptians may have used opium a lot. Based on recent ...

Examination of an ancient alabaster vase in the Yale Peabody Museum's Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opiates, providing the clearest evidence to date of broad opium use in ancient ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. When you think of ancient Egypt, you might imagine towering pyramids ...

Federal authorities have recovered more than a dozen ancient Egyptian artifacts illegally smuggled into the United States and destined for private collectors, including a funerary statue valued at ...

Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found—unlocking new secrets from the Old Kingdom. This facial reconstruction of an ancient ...

A one-of-a-kind sun hat, likely worn by a Roman soldier in Egypt, was recently unveiled for the first time – and its survival is considered miraculous. The sun hat is currently on display at the ...

History has seen many waves of Egyptomania but, until the 19th century, scholars remained baffled by the many repeated symbols and motifs wrapped around every new find, from majestic monuments to ...

Remnants of a 2,000-year-old sunken city, Canopus, were lifted from waters off Alexandria, Egypt, revealing the city might have been larger than thought. By Jenny Gross Remnants of an ancient, sunken ...

Researchers at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, the U.K., have made the thrilling discovery of a 4,000-year-old handprint on an ancient Egyptian funerary object, in the course of preparing a major ...