Traces of opium found inside an ancient alabaster vase suggest drug use was common in ancient Egypt, not rare or accidental.

Cara Tremain receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Sabrina C. Higgins receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

The goal is show the story of a people whom traditional scholarship once labeled as “extinct.” Now, the Yale Peabody Museum’s newest temporary gallery to run from Dec. 13 through June 21, 2026, will ...

Today, “CT BUZZ” welcomed Interim Director Erika Edwards of the Yale Peabody Museum to the show, where Host Natasha Lubczenko highlighted an exciting new temporary ...

Looks don’t mean proof. A dive into their lineage, which revealed many mestizo ancestors, offered some evidence. But the real ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Scenes from LEAP's "Night at the Museum" at the Peabody. Credit: Contributed photos The following ...

Elam Ray Sprenkle, a prolific composer and Peabody Conservatory faculty member who untangled complex musical ideas on his radio program, died in his sleep of progressive supranuclear palsy on Nov. 12 ...

The traveling exhibit “¡Taíno Vive!” comes to Connecticut from The Smithsonian, with new material added from Yale’s catalog.

PEABODY — The owner of a used car dealership in Peabody was convicted of money laundering conspiracy last week following a six-day trial, the U.S. District Attorney of Massachusetts’s office said in a ...

A one-foot-wide bronze mask dating to around 1100 b.c. emerges from beneath a bronze vessel containing cowrie shells during recent excavations at the site of Sanxingdui in China’s Sichuan Province.

Moche and its art style -- Ancient life on the north coast -- Moche in Andean prehistory -- A brief history of Moche studies -- Media for Moche messages -- The messages of Moche art -- Gods, priests, ...