Beginning around 1070 BCE, ancient Egypt’s Third Intermediate Period is one of the civilization’s most mysterious and least ...

Scientists discovered a mix of psychedelic drugs, bodily fluids, flavoring agents and alcohol after they scraped the inside ...

In an archaeological first, scientists have scraped the organic residue within a 2,000-year-old head-shaped drinking vessel, ...

Queen Tiye remains a symbol of the power and influence a woman could wield in the ancient world even in death. Credit: Einsamer Schütze, CC BY-SA 3.0 Queen Tiye was one of the most influential women ...

Several tombs in the necropolises of Egypt depict figures dancing across the walls and playing instruments. But when ...

These ideas were expressed in various ways - sculptures of Egyptian deities rendered in a Greek style ... Mazurek's volume offers a fresh, material history of ancient globalization, one that ...

Researchers found psychotropic substances, alcohol, and saliva in a vessel shaped like Bes, an Egyptian god of childbirth and ...

Recent analyses, carried out by a research group from the University of Trieste led by Henry Greekon a vase ofancient ...

A University of South Florida professor found the first-ever physical evidence of hallucinogens in an Egyptian mug, ...

Read the original scholarly article about this research in Scientific Reports. For more on the significance of Bes in Egyptian religion, go to "Ancient Tattoos: Faience Figurine and Bowl." Egyptian ...