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Ancient Hair Reveals Traces of Hallucinogenic Drugs Taken 3,600 Years Ago

April 18, 2023

Ancient Hair Reveals Traces of Hallucinogenic Drugs Taken 3,600 Years Ago Long before the counter-culture revolution of the 1960s, Bronze Age Europeans were tuning in and dropping out on hallucinogenic drugs. While archaeologists have long had their suspicions, a new…

4,500-year-old Ramp Contraption May Have Been Used to Build Egypt’s Great Pyramid

December 6, 2022

4,500-Year-Old Ramp Contraption May Have Been Used to Build Egypt’s Great Pyramid In a 4,500-year-old quarry in Egypt, archaeologists have uncovered an ancient ramp structure that could justify how the ancient Egyptians constructed the pyramids. According to researchers from the University of…