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The Pharohs were on crack

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RudyGarmisch
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No, seriously.

http://www.druglibrary.org/Schaffer/Misc/mummies.htm
http://www.whitedragon.org.uk/articles/pharoahs.htm
http://www.esolibris.com/articles/alternative_history/cocaine_mummies.php

Summary:

So in 1992, researchers in Munich were running tests to see what kind of drugs Egyptians had been using around the time of the height of the ancient empire. Belladonna and mandrake were common anesthetics and hallucinogens at the time. However, the standard drug tests showed something unbeliveable. The mummies tested positive for both tobacco and cocaine.

Tobacco doesnt grow in the old world naturally. We have no evidence that such a variety of plant ever existed outside of the Americas. Same with cacao. It just doesnt grow naturally on other continents.

Naturally, the researchers ran the tests again, took deep uncontaminated tissues and even ran hair sample tests, which are contaminant-proof. Same result. Even more stunning is that Chinese mummies show trace amounts of these substances too when they were tested.

I dont know what to conclude from this. Its possible to cross the Atlantic in a reed boat (Thor Heyerdahl, look the dude up). 40 years ago the thought of Vikings in America was unthinkable... could it be possible that Egypt traded with the ancient pre-Mayan civilizations in South America?
Apr 19 2008 9:29PM
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samwise
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interesting....
Apr 19 2008 9:37PM
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duckets.
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woah... could've been preservatives used in the mummifying process
Apr 19 2008 10:01PM
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RudyGarmisch
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The hair samples showed it was used consistently and frequently. Also, the fact still remains that cocaine showed up in an Egyptian mummy, and the plant its made from is only found in the Americas.
Apr 19 2008 10:08PM
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St.Steezy
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or 5000 years ago the environment was a little different...
Apr 19 2008 10:10PM
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emopoppins
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plants dont come and go like that, this is stuff that can't go across the ocean.

maybe though, but this is more suggestive to trading and boat traveling.

my theory: vikings traded with both groups who never saw eachother.
Apr 19 2008 10:41PM
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TheButterHashira
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The Polynesians floated their little boats all the way to easter island(idk what time period though) so I think it is likely that south americans could have floated across the atlantic or whatever.
Apr 19 2008 10:47PM
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mellifluous
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hah wow
Apr 19 2008 11:05PM
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duckets.
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touche
Apr 20 2008 12:20AM
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garrett.
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thats probably why they thought they were god
Apr 20 2008 12:29AM
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sowstochd
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 because newschoolers is the first to hear about this groundbreaking event
Apr 20 2008 12:32AM
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coolhandluke
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how much nose powder did it take for them to decide to build pyramids for dead kings?
Apr 20 2008 12:32AM
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RudyGarmisch
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Just one of the many discoveries we cannot account for with our current understanding. If you think thats weird, check this out:

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Looks Roman, doesnt it? It was found in a pre-colombian dig site 65 miles south of Mexico City.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tecaxic-Calixtlahuaca_head
Apr 20 2008 12:47AM
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cottonwoodarmada1651
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Well there have been controversial theories about the Phoenicians doing trade with/colonizing parts of the New World for a while. That would be one possible explanation.
Apr 20 2008 12:56AM
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coolhandluke
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did they have baking soda too?  if not i'm building a time machine and going back to ancient egypt.  then i'll take their freebase and cook it up (and not even flatten the bubbles), get them all addicted, and instead of the sphinx, they'd build a big statue of me.
Apr 20 2008 1:29AM
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