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"Analyzing mummified brain tissue from two men who died at the hospital in the seventeenth century, they found evidence of coca use—the earliest ever detected outside of South America. "

There is at least one person who disagrees: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henut_Taui



Cocaine in Egyptian mummies??


I’m not usually one to split hairs, but that Wikipedia page says “on” and not “in”.

Had they found the cocaine in the mummies, I suspect there would be less reason to suspect contamination after they were dug up.


One does not simply waste it without tasting it


egyptian mummies in the 17th century? o.0


I guess strippers were in shorter supply at the time?




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