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Known as the Colossi of Memnon, the statues of Amenhotep III both stand at more than 40 feet tall. Experts have been working ...

For more than a century, a cluster of alabaster jars from the burial of Tutankhamun sat in museum cases as some of the most puzzling objects from the boy king’s tomb. Now a new wave of scientific ...

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Yale University researchers have found trace amounts of opium jars in an ancient Egyptian vessel, proving that opium use was ...

King Tut’s alabaster jars have long held mystery. A new Yale study finds chemical evidence suggesting they once contained ...

Traces of opium found inside an ancient alabaster vase suggest drug use was common in ancient Egypt, not rare or accidental.

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