We know perfectly well how humans were able to domesticate dogs. From wolves more terrifying than those in fairy tales to ...

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

Yale University researchers have found trace amounts of opium jars in an ancient Egyptian vessel, proving that opium use was widespread in the land of the pharaoh — including during the time of King ...

Buried in the desert for roughly 4,500 years, the skeleton of a single Egyptian man has yielded a complete genome that ...

The remainder of the date consists of protein, fiber, and trace elements of boron, cobalt, copper, fluorine, magnesium, manganese, selenium and zinc.

A Study Gallery of India and the Ancient World, trains its lens to the duration between the Harappan civilisation — which ...

Mumbai: Trump may have recently lowered duties on Indian spices but centuries before US tariffs, Roman-occupied England taxed ...

The British Museum has launched a new scheme that will see it share artifacts in its collection with museums in former ...

As the clock strikes midnight and the world welcomes 2026, millions of people across the globe will gather to celebrate the ...

The initiative, supported by Getty’s Sharing Collections Programme, features 300 archaeological objects sourced from fifteen ...

The secret to its rapid transit is in its chemistry. Ethanol, to give booze its proper name, is a tiny, agile molecule. It ...

Christmas can be a boozy time of year but Britons are drinking less alcohol than before, as financial pressures, health concerns and an ageing population lead to cuts in consumption. The average UK ...