Opium residue found in an Ancient Egyptian vase, rewriting the story of Tutankhamun’s tomb raids

Analysis detected morphine, thebaine, noscapine and other opiate alkaloids, providing the first scientific identification of ...

New study debunks myth of the ‘London Underground mosquito’

A mosquito that was believed to have evolved in the London Underground is actually of ancient Mediterranean origin, genetic ...
Greek Reporter

New Analysis of Egyptian Artifacts Push Santorini Eruption to 1600 BCE

New radiocarbon analysis of Egyptian artifacts shifts the timing of the Santorini eruption to around 1600 BCE, before Egypt’s ...
Archaeology

Study Revisits Egypt’s “Plague of Akhetaten”

Dabbs of Southern Illinois University and Anna Stevens of Monash University reviewed the archaeological and bioarchaeological ...

Discovery reveals arsenical bronze production on Egypt's Elephantine Island during the Middle Kingdom

A recent open-access study published in Archaeometry unveils the first direct evidence of arsenical bronze production on ...