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  • Cocaine found in mummified brains reveal that New World drug came to Italy 200 years earlier than thought
    Researchers unexpectedly found traces of cocaine in the mummified brain tissue of 17th-century people buried in a crypt in Milan.
    09/19/2024 - 8:51 am | View Link
  • Europeans Were Using Cocaine in the 17th Century—Hundreds of Years Earlier Than Historians Thought
    Scientists identified traces of the drug in the brain tissue of two individuals buried in the crypt of a hospital in Milan ...
    09/19/2024 - 7:46 am | View Link
  • Europeans Were Aware Of Cocaine Almost 200 Years Earlier Than Formerly Thought, Using This Stimulant As Early As The 17th Century, According To A Recent Study
    Cocaine use in Europe was widespread by the 19th century, but a new study suggests that Europeans were aware of and took advantage of the substance’s stimulating effects as early as the 17th century.
    09/16/2024 - 4:00 am | View Link
  • Ancient Iranian "Saltmen" Mummified In Mine 2,500 Years Ago Depicted In New Images
    Within the depths of an ancient Chehrābād salt mine in Iran, multiple miners met a grisly end thousands of years ago. Over the last few decades, their mummified remains, some of which show the terror ...
    09/10/2024 - 5:11 am | View Link
  • Mummified Brains Found in Crypt Show Surprising Traces of Cocaine
    In an old Italian crypt from the 17th century, two mummified brains have been found containing traces of cocaine. This is almost two entire centuries before the coca plant's psychoactive compounds ...
    08/31/2024 - 12:32 pm | View Link
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