This redefines “high” society in ancient Egypt. 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 ...

When Howard Carter peered through a small opening in the Valley of the Kings in 1922, he wasn’t just looking at gold that had been sealed away for more than 3,000 years. The discovery of King ...

Traces of opium found inside an ancient alabaster vase suggest drug use was common in ancient Egypt, not rare or accidental. The discovery raises the possibility that King Tut’s famous jars once held ...

Ireland international Erin King will return from a lengthy period out through injury when she starts for the Wolfhounds in Saturday's Celtic Challenge Irish derby against the Clovers at Creggs RFC on ...

Today, we served up a conversation that blends history, science, and a touch of mystery. Whether it’s the mighty pyramids of Egypt or the Great Plains of the Dakota’s – we have a good idea of what the ...

For more than a century, a cluster of alabaster containers from the burial of King Tut has taunted archaeologists with a simple but stubborn question: what, exactly, did these elegant jars once hold.

The King can be seen saying “We are nature ourselves, we are a part of it, not apart from it”, in a trailer for a new documentary about his environmentalism. Finding Harmony: A King’s Vision, which ...

Irish civil servants concluded Winston Churchill was “unscrupulous” as they discussed how the crisis over King Edward VIII’s proposed marriage to an American divorcee could be used to the Irish Free ...