Evidence of ancient hybrid camels has been uncovered by archaeologists who were working to restore a temple in northern Iraq damaged by ISIS. The Temple of Allat, which dates to the second century AD, ...

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 ...

The unearthing of the long-lost tomb of ancient Egyptian King Thutmose II is being described as one of the most important ...

Opium use may have been widespread in ancient Egyptian culture—including potentially among notable kings. Yale researchers found chemical traces of opiates in an ancient alabaster vase at the Peabody ...

Archaeologists found a simple tomb near Luxor and identified it as the 3,500-year-old burial site of King Thutmose II, officials said. Photo from Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ...

There was a time when technology flowed from east to west; this was the golden age of the ancient Arab world, when knowledge flourished and scholars were not confined by the boundaries of single ...