A broken piece of pottery no bigger than a human palm sits in a drawer at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, England. On one side, a scribe tallied a wheat payment owed to a temple granary. On the ...

The so-called “tramp stamp” isn’t a sign of trashiness — it’s early women’s tradition. A recent discovery has lead researchers to believe that ancient Egyptian women were adorned with lower back ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Archaeologists have discovered the "richly decorated" tomb of an ...

A peculiar lead curse tablet, unearthed in the Netherlands, is rewriting our understanding of ancient Roman magic. Discovered ...

Heerlen curse tablet with an ancient Greek invocation of deities and demons in the Egyptian style. Credit: Elke Fuchs, ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Researchers have shed new light on "magical" texts created centuries ...

A University of South Florida professor found the first-ever physical evidence of hallucinogens in an Egyptian mug, validating written records and centuries-old myths of ancient Egyptian rituals and ...

The exhibition is the product of the British Museum in Your Classroom programme where schools get access to the institution’s ...