Researchers found psychotropic substances, alcohol, and saliva in a vessel shaped like Bes, an Egyptian god of childbirth and ...

Several tombs in the necropolises of Egypt depict figures dancing across the walls and playing instruments. But when ...

The Grand Egyptian Museum has been in the works for over two decades. Construction ground to a halt during the Arab Spring a ...

Along with fruit-based alcohol, Egyptians flavored the drink with pine nuts, honey, and sesame seeds, while the addition of ...

ANCIENT Egyptians were necking hallucinogenic cocktails out of creepy demon mugs during parties, scientists have revealed.

A mysterious ancient Egyptian "mug" was once used to ... including the plants used by Egyptians, all of which have psychotropic and medicinal properties." Among the organic residues detected ...

A professor at the University of South Florida (USF) analyzed a 2,000-year-old Egyptian mug and discovered that the ancient object once held a psychedelic concoction used in a magical ritual.

Ancient Egyptians drank a potent concoction from a palm-sized mug shaped like the deity Bes, who was believed to protect ...

The simple fact is that Black Americans are not on the whole their descendants. They are the descendants of all of Africa, a ...

Scholars for the first time identified chemical signatures of the components of a liquid concoction contained in a Bes mug. A new technique helped identify a sample flavored with honey, sesame seeds, ...

The goal of Ancient Origins is to highlight recent archaeological discoveries, peer-reviewed academic research and evidence, as well as offering alternative viewpoints and explanations of science, ...

A 2,000-year-old mug produces the first physical evidence that the ancient Egyptians used hallucinogens, proving the old myths to be true, they were definitely getting high. As part of the ...