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

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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 to ...