Cannabis in an ancient Siberian tomb
Thousands of years ago, in what is now Siberia, a mysterious ancient culture laid some of their dead to rest in an enormous burial mound.
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A report on chemical analysis from a 2,800-year-old Siberian Scythian royal tomb showing molecular evidence of psychoactive cannabis use. Someone would visit to learn about the earliest securely dated direct evidence of cannabis intoxication and its possible role in ancient funerary rites.
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