Dec 4, 2008

Shamen on you.


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:

The Fool said...

Okay...I'll bite. If the grave was 2,500 years old...how did they determine he had blue eyes?

Terence Bull said...

I've seen these bodies on TV and they've been mummified/dessicated.

I'm guessing the eyes are still there.