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The ancient Romans are renowned for their military conquests and architectural advancements. But, beyond their laurels and legacies, a lesser-known aspect of their history is that they dabbled in poisons, which they incorporated into their

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ALBAWABA The unearthing of an ancient bone, meticulously hollowed out and sealed with birch tar, has unveiled a fascinating insight into the practices o

An ancient bone dating back thousands of years is the first solid evidence that humans in Europe were collecting and storing a powerful and dangerous drug.

Ancient scholars wrote about the medicinal, poisonous and psychoactive properties of black henbane seeds

Physiological reactions to a plant called black henbane were well documented throughout the Ancient Mediterranean world.

A hollowed-out animal bone was used by Romans to store a stash of poisonous seeds and is the first-ever evidence of the seeds use during the Roman era.

Unearthed in a Dutch Roman settlement, henbane seeds stored in a bone suggest ancient awareness of its medicinal value as far back as the first-century AD.

Archeologists have discovered the first conclusive evidence that a hallucinogenic and poisonous plant was used in the Roman world.

An up-coming study will reveal key findings from an ancient, hollowed-out animal bone that contained a potentially deadly plant