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about 11 months ago (02/11/2024)
Archaeologists Find Evidence of Hallucinogenic Drug in Ancient Rome Skip to content A bust of Emperor Trajan surrounded by black henbane seends and flowers and a femur discovered by archaeologists (edit Valentina Di Liscia/ Hyperallergic ) Two new archaeological finds suggest Roman subjects at the northern edge of the ancient empire used a hallucinogenic and poisonous plant called black henbane, the effects of which were described by Greek philosopher Plutarch as “not so properly called drunkenness” but rather “alienation of mind or madness.” Dutch zooarchaeologists Maaike Groot and Martijn van Haasteren and archaeobotanist Laura I...
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about 11 months ago (02/08/2024)
Students Win $700K for Using AI to Decipher Ancient Roman Scroll Skip to content The 2,000-year-old scroll was buried in volcanic mud and ash during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius...
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about 11 months ago (02/05/2024)
Roman funerary bed found in central London Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search Archaeology news Roman funerary bed found in central London Archaeologists are "blown away" by the levels of preservation of the finds at Holborn Viaduct, which also include five oak coffins, a decorated lamp, a glass vial, and jet and amber beads Maev Kennedy 5 February 2024 Share The funerary bed being excavated and a reconstruction © MOLA A Roman oak bed, on which a dead person may have been carried to a grave now lying six metres below the surface of modern London, has been excavated along with a wealth of startlingly well preserved finds spanning many centuries, by archaeologists working in advance of a huge office development at Holborn Viaduct...
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about 13 months ago (12/10/2023)
The Grim History of Rome’s Oldest Building Skip to content The Carcer as it appears today, stripped of most of the religious decoration inserted in the 17th and 18th centuries...