The practice is suggested by small, spoon-like objects that have been found at various sites in Europe, according to ...

Spoon-like metal objects attached to Roman-era belts may represent drug dosing equipment, researchers suggest.

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

FREE! New analysis of tiny spoons found attached to belts of Barbarian warriors at ancient burial sites suggest that the ...

When Germanic warriors charged into battle during the Roman era, they may have done so under the influence of carefully dosed ...

Groundbreaking research has revealed that an ancient Egyptian "Bes mug," a vessel dating back 2,000 years, was last used to ...

Researchers found a cocktail of psychedelic drugs, bodily fluids and alcohol when analysing DNA from a mug used by ancient ...

While both archaeological and historical sources testify that the ancient Greeks and Romans used narcotics such as opium, according to the study, there is no clear evidence to suggest that their ...

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 ...

After collecting 241 spoons at 116 locations across Scandinavia, Germany, and Poland, researchers from Maria Curie Sklodowska ...

Poisonous henbane seeds, meanwhile, may also have been ingested. Known to trigger intense rage, the seeds were ...