Research led by anthropology and Egyptology student Liam McEvoy at the University of California, Berkeley, has proposed a new hypothesis about the use of the blue lotus in ancient Egypt.

Uh, yuck! The heart was the only organ left in place and that's because the Ancient Egyptians believed the 'essence' or 'soul' of a person was in their heart. The mummification process took ...

How ancient Egyptians used the blue lotus in the ‘Journey of the Soul’. The Blue Lotus; Nymphaea Caerulea. Adelaide Botanic Gardens. (photo credit: amandabhslater is licensed under CC BY-SA 2. ...