The texts span a vast expanse of time. The oldest shards date back to the third century B.C.E., featuring tax receipts penned ...

Researchers believe the hidden object may be a papyrus scroll or an amulet.

Tiberius may have been the leader of the Romans, but the sandstone block showed him dressed as a pharaoh.

Talk about buried tea. Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed a stash of 3,000-year-old papyrus scrolls — and whatever’s ...

Have they finally solved the ancient Egyptians’ pyramid scheme? Aliens might not have built the pyramids — but the ancient ...

The research team dates the discovery to Egypt’s Reunification Period, between 2040 and 1700 B.C., suggesting that ...

Archaeologists in Poland are finally solving an over 2,000-year-old mummy mystery. After modern warfare erased vital ...

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 ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Opium use may have been widespread in ancient Egyptian culture—including potentially among notable kings. Yale ...

Archaeologists in Poland have made a remarkable discovery while examining a 2,000-year-old Egyptian mummy. During the first-ever comprehensive scientific investigation of the ancient remains, ...