For a very long time now, Egyptologists have been speculating what mugs with the head of Bes could have been used for, and ...

Scientists discovered a mix of psychedelic drugs, bodily fluids, flavoring agents and alcohol after they scraped the inside ...

In an archaeological first, scientists have scraped the organic residue within a 2,000-year-old head-shaped drinking vessel, ...

An ancient Egyptian mug revealed it once held a potent mix of psychedelics, alcohol, and medicinal plants aimed at specific ...

Ancient Egyptians consumed a gruesome alcoholic cocktail made with psychedelic drugs and bodily fluids, a new study shows. Researchers have analysed chemical traces inside a 2,200-year-old ...

A team of researchers from the University of South Florida has discovered the first-ever physical evidence that ancient ...

Researchers analyzed chemical traces inside a 2,200-year-old ceramic drinking mug from Egypt, which depicted the head of Bes, ...

Researchers looking in to the history of Ancient Egypt have come across a rather startling discovery concerning a ...

AN ancient disease has been making a comeback and it could be caused by an acid reflux drug, a new study has warned. Health experts have recently suggested scurvy - a condition caused by a lack of ...

The mugs are decorated with the head of Bes, an ancient Egyptian god or guardian ... research team discovered a cocktail of psychedelic drugs, bodily fluids and alcohol. It's a combination that ...

An ancient burial pit in the cave contains seed cones from the plant Ephedra, a stimulant used in traditional medicine today. The earliest evidence for the use of plants as drugs—possibly for ...