A recent study uncovered the oldest direct biochemical evidence of betel nut chewing in Southeast Asia, dating back 4,000 years. ...
A recent study suggests that Germanic warriors during the Roman era may have relied on carefully dosed stimulants to enhance ...
Researchers have uncovered the first physical evidence of hallucinogenic substances in an ancient Egyptian vase, shedding light on mysterious rituals ...
Researchers have found traces of cocaine in the brain tissue of two individuals buried in a 17th-century crypt in Milan, ...
Archaeologists have unearthed evidence of ancient ritual practices involving tobacco in Mesoamerica. The discovery, detailed in a study published in ...
Archaeologists have unearthed a hollowed-out animal bone containing hundreds of black henbane seeds sealed with a black birch-bark tar plug, ...
The Maya civilization, which thrived in Mesoamerica from approximately 2000 BCE to 1500 CE, had a deep understanding of the ...
