Online, products marketed as blue lotus claim to offer relaxation and even psychedelic experiences — but they're a far cry ...

The Egyptian blue lotus sold online isn't what you think. The real story behind this mythical plant is much more interesting ...

The blue lotus, a captivating water lily entwined with Egyptian mythology, has long dazzled archaeologists and historians.

Artificial intelligence is even peering through the most impenetrable of artifacts: ancient, charred scrolls that are too delicate to be unfurled. Scholars have deciphered some of the first words ...

Archaeologists have discovered the large limestone burial chamber of an unidentified ancient Egyptian pharaoh near the city ...

Scientists have shared new details about a mysterious 'underground city' sitting beneath Egypt's Khafre Pyramid.

Unlike the typical papyrus scrolls used by ancient Egyptians, this book had pages that resembled a type of treated metal or stone, bound together with an intricate mechanism. Early analyses ...

Credit: Vesuvius Challenge The Herculaneum Papyri, an ancient scroll fossilized by the Mount Vesuvius eruption in 79 AD, is now decipherable, thanks to an open-source AI project. Computer science ...

What were Egyptian hieroglyphs? The ancient Egyptians left behind written records on their buildings and on papyrus scrolls but how do we know what the writing means? What did the ancient ...

The model represents a miniature granary, which suggests the importance of wheat and barley in ancient Egyptian society ... recording the supply on papyrus scrolls and wooden tablets.