Smithsonian Magazine on MSN6d
Ancient Egyptians Drank Psychedelic Concoctions From This 2,000-Year-Old Mug, Study Finds
Scientists have discovered traces of hallucinogens in a small vessel depicting an Egyptian deity that may have been used in ...
Ancient Egyptians drank a heady mix of alcohol, bodily fluids and hallucinogens during rituals, scientists say
Scientists discovered a mix of psychedelic drugs, bodily fluids, flavoring agents and alcohol after they scraped the inside ...
Psychedelic Traces Found on Mug From Ancient Egypt
In ancient Egyptian lore, the god Bes was responsible for fertility and had a penchant for mischief. “He’s a beer drinker and ...
Egypt inspired Black artists. Was it appropriation or homage?
The Metropolitan Museum of Art surveys 150 years of Black artists turning to ancient Egypt.
The Advocate5d
The boy king comes to the Louisiana Art & Science Museum to celebrate a fellow Ancient Egyptian
Tutankhamun was only 9 years old when he came to power as Pharaoh of Egypt in 1332 B.C., which is well within the age range ...
Ancient Egyptians Consumed Psychedelic Cocktails Mixed With Bodily Fluids, Alcohol
The research combined chemical and DNA analyses uncovered the first physical evidence of plants with psychotropic and ...
ScienceAlert on MSN1d
First Traces of Ancient Egyptian Hallucinogens Found in Old Jug
For the first time, scientists have discovered the organic residue of psychedelic plants within an ancient Egyptian artifact, ...
The Art Newspaper5d
Fit for a king: Egyptian museum in Turin unveils new galleries for monumental ancient sculptures
The dramatic revamp of the Italian institution’s Gallery of the Kings is part of a broader renovation that is due to complete ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN4d
Every Two Years, Staffers at the Met Get to See Their Own Art on the Prestigious Museum's Walls
Few artists are able to get work placed in prominent museums like New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. But for many years, ...
Scientists make psychedelic discovery in Ancient Egyptian artefact used for ‘magic rituals’
Researchers looking in to the history of Ancient Egypt have come across a rather startling discovery concerning a ...
Artnet4d
Step Inside the World’s Oldest Egyptian Museum, Newly Revamped for its Bicentennial
Turin's Museo Egizio is celebrating its bicentennial with a gallery redesign, new exhibits, and commissions from contemporary ...
The Washington Post3d
Egypt inspired Black artists. Was it appropriation or homage?
Visually, the art of ancient Egypt was amenable to modernist ... of the artist and the famous bust of Nefertiti in the Egyptian Museum of Berlin collection. The background to these figures uses ...