Opium use may have been a “fixture of daily life” for Ancient Egyptians, according to a new study.Experts from the Yale Peabody Museum uncovered traces of the addictive narcotic after becoming curious ...

In a decade-long operation, the CIA modified poppy seeds and dropped them by the billions from aircraft over Afghanistan in ...

These are the final days without college hoops until 'One Shining Moment' plays again. Missouri basketball is entering Year 4 under head coach Dennis Gates, a season that will begin on the road Monday ...

China’s leader draws on lessons from Lin Zexu, a Qing official whose defiance of Britain led to China’s humiliating defeat but made him a national hero. China’s leader draws on lessons from Lin Zexu, ...

The second and final world premiere musical of the 2025 season at Goodspeed Musicals’ Terris Theatre in Chester is a sprightly, extremely silly and unfortunately lightweight comedy about a real ...

Sun Tzu, the ancient Chinese military strategist, is supposed to have said: “Know your enemy and know yourself—that’s how you win before the fight even starts.” Had President Trump paid heed to that ...

This video uses Google Earth to retrace the Opium Wars between Britain and Qing China, revealing the global trade routes, naval battles, and key port cities that defined the conflict. Viewers can ...

In June 1775 in Machias, Maine (then part of Massachusetts), townspeople refused to provide the British with lumber to build barracks for their troops, resulting in the British bringing in the armed ...

Using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, the research team identified five diagnostic biomarkers for opium: noscapine, hydrocotarnine, morphine, thebaine, and papaverine. The discovery challenges ...

Many readers from Northern Utah and Utah Valley responded to an invitation to share their favorite family history stories and experiences. Here is one of those stories: Back in 1971 as part of the ...

Federal agencies deposited millions of Civil War records in National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) over the years. The originals for most of the records I am discussing are among those.