The significance of the blue lotus was confirmed in 1922 when Howard Carter found blue lotus petals covering the body of ...

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

Egyptologists think that these riotous rituals were fueled by wine that had been infused with psychedelic blue lotus.

Sometimes called blue Egyptian lotus, historians speculate that this plant was used in ancient Egyptian culture as part of ...

One Ancient Egyptian creation theory saw the Sun God Ra emerging from a lotus, bringing light to the world. The opening and closing of the lotus is both beautiful and curious. They close at night ...

Sixth grade students at the John F. Ryan School learned about the history of ancient Egypt through a unique educational ...

In addition to studying the chemical properties of the Egyptian blue lotus, Liam McEvoy has studied ancient hieroglyphs, seeking patterns and meaning in the symbols. “I wanted to let the plant tell ...

As he did more research, he learned of the Egyptian blue lotus’s prominence through classes and ancient artifacts kept at Berkeley’s own Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology. As he learned ...