New evidence of drug use in ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt’s “devil” mugs have been found in the traces of conscious substances, ie hallucinogenic substances.

The substances may have been part of the rites of fertility, says Dutch researcher Branko Van Oppen de Ruiter.

Hallusinogens cause hallucinations and produce experiences that are significantly different from everyday life.

Van Oppen found substances when he worked for his employer in Amsterdam.

Tampa Art Museum in Florida had appointed him as a person responsible for the museum’s Greek and Roman exhibitions.

Van Oppen studied the museum lists. He noticed an interesting mug from the second century before the beginning of our era.

The mug was depicted by one of the known characters of ancient Egypt, a hedge and mothers God Bes. He had a rude face of an ancient Egyptian God.

In museums There are 15 BES cups of similar ones around the world. The face of that ancient Egyptian goddess is outlined on their side. It was these mugs that may have been widely used in rituals.

Later, he explored Muk and its content with other archaeologists and chemists in Florida.

Digital archaeologist at the University of South Florida Davide Tanasin used chemical and genetic methods. They recognized the organic remnants that had been absorbed into that ceramic container.

They found traces of plants that change consciousness in the mug, says Newspaper The New York Times.

Van Oppen, who studied mugs, wrote about the discovery just In the Scientific Reports magazine.

Mug For the first time, chemical evidence provided that ancient Egyptians enjoyed hallucinogenic substances.

Thus, researchers are increasingly evidence that the civilizations of the Mediterranean were aware of the properties of plants that change consciousness.

Middle -aged ancient civilizations knew them.

Greeks and Romans may also try to improve their spiritual state with psychedelic plants. Drugs were perhaps part of medical treatments.

In Egypt God Bes Home and fertility in the past protected. He was also a character who responded to the prayers of the Anova, says Van Oppen.

Doctor White bob is the main curator of the Tokyo Ancient Egyptian Museum. He says that the Egyptians used to use the Besen mugs in intoxicating rituals. He did not participate in the study in Florida.

Egyptian liked beer. Written evidence suggests that they knew some plants with hallucinogenic properties.

However, there has never been any evidence that the Egyptians have used or tried these plants for intoxicating purposes or at a party or in suction.

The study gave evidence of plants that were known to have sensory characteristics.

Bes also had traces of “alcoholic fluid derived from fermented fruits.”

The fluid was flavored with pine nuts, honey and liquorice. The drink probably needed a flavor for Etova’s taste.

Striking However, the researchers were that the drink contained liquids in the human body. There was breast milk and blood.

This suggests that the drink was more magical, not so medical.

Those who studied mugs believe that the BES mug played a role in rituals where heavy women came to the priest. In the ritual, women would have enjoyed a drink in the mug.

The mug pulls the liquid about 125 milliliters. Those who were drinking fluid may have experienced visions.

Childbirth was dangerous at that time, says Van Oppen. People could believe in a tight place in God and his strange drink.