Does Egypt’s most famous tomb hide a secret of ancient drug use? For over a hundred years, the alabaster jars in the burial ...

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

Researchers discovered opium biomarkers in a 2,500-year-old alabaster vase using nondestructive techniques. The findings provide chemical proof that ancient Egyptians likely consumed opium ...

Nathan Smitherman will serve as chief beginning Jan. 1, 2026. That’s when current Alabaster Fire Chief Tim Love is set to retire.

Alabaster city leaders voted to appoint Nathan Smitherman as the new fire chief, with his term set to begin Jan. 1 following Chief Tim Love's retirement.

A $242 million multi-use development could begin site prep this summer in Alabaster. Alumni Properties & Parkes Development Group will soon begin work on District 31, to be located at the northwest ...

Its sand-colored concrete walls loom over Temple Street like an urban butte, and tons of marble, bronze and limestone gleam within. Yet, in the end, there’s no earthly element in the new Cathedral of ...