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

A study published in the journal Antiquity suggested an ancient South American civilization spiked a beer-like drink with ...

Few plants are more celebrated in Egyptian mythology than the blue lotus, a stunning water lily that stars in some of ...

Within that magic glass the ordinary world has been transmuted ... Theirs has indeed been an untroubled vision of ancient life.

Nature also inspired the imagination to create exotic animals and plants that became part of ancient mythologies. This exhibition explores how flora and fauna sustained societies and were passed both ...