The ancient Egyptians created tinctures, oils, and teas from different parts of the plant, each designed for specific health concerns. What makes these ancient medical texts remarkable isn’t ...

Few plants are more celebrated in Egyptian mythology than the blue lotus, a stunning water lily that stars in some of archaeology's most significant discoveries. Researchers found its petals ...

It is demonstrated that the ingredients mentioned in the texts were employed regularly in ancient Egyptian and Mediterranean pharmacology. Furthermore, it is argued that the soot and charcoal for ...

We take writing paper for granted, but if you lived in the ancient Greco-Roman world, you would have written on paper made from the papyrus plant. Its paper was manufactured in Egypt since the ...