Nearly two pounds of still-green plant material found in a 2,700-year-old grave in the Gobi Desert has just been identified as the world's oldest (known) marijuana stash, the marijuana "is quite similar" to what's grown today, the marijuana came from a cultivated strain.
The cannabis, which was excavated at the Yanghai Tombs near Turpan, China. It was found lightly pounded in a wooden bowl in a leather basket near the head of a blue-eyed Caucasian man who died when he was about 45.
This individual was buried with an unusual number of high value, rare items, including a make-up bag, bridles, pots, archery equipment and a kongou harp. The researchers believe the individual was a shaman from the Gushi people, who spoke a now-extinct language called Tocharian that was similar to Celtic.
(Discovery Channel)
Only 45 when he died..... I bet the evil weed did it!
2 comments:
Okay...I'll bite. If the grave was 2,500 years old...how did they determine he had blue eyes?
I've seen these bodies on TV and they've been mummified/dessicated.
I'm guessing the eyes are still there.
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