Jan 20, 2017 · Historical accounts show evidence of opium use dating back to the ancient Sumerian civilization, nearly 5,000 years ago. While some records indicate recreational …

Jun 10, 2023 · That might’ve been because Egyptians were all for using drugs: for medicine, for religion, and even for fun! Opiates, cannabis, henbane, blue lotus - think of any narcotic, and …

In this article I present a brief history of the poppy and its increasingly ominous role on the international stage, tracing the plant's career in Egypt up through the re-cent emergence of the …

This paper analyzes the existence and use of opium in ancient Egypt, its introduction in the country and references to opium as a medicinal ingredient. Some prescriptions in medical …

Aug 18, 2009 · Little is known about the use of intoxicants in ancient Egypt beyond the widespread consumption of beer, as part of the staple diet, and wine, by the elite. The cultural …

Nevertheless, this paper suggests that opium may have been introduced in ancient Egypt in the New Kingdom (c. 1550-1350 BCE), although records for the commerce of the drug may point …

Jun 12, 2017 · Opium use in ancient Egypt flourished under the reign of King Tutankhamen, around 1333-1324 B.C., and the Greek author Homer referred to opium’s healing powers in …

Evidence (chemical, botanical, artefactual, and linguistic) for the supposed presence of the opium poppy and opium in Egypt in the Late Bronze Age is briefly reviewed. These considerations …

Ancient Egyptian and Greek pharmacopoeias reveal frequent use of different drugs, somniferous or narcotic, which contain poisonous elements, and poppy and others are found.

Feb 4, 2008 · In the 1960s, Merrillees introduced the idea that opium was stored and transported in the ancient Eastern Mediterranean in peculiar juglets resembling the seed head of an opium …