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A professor at the University of South Florida (USF) analyzed a 2,000-year-old Egyptian mug and discovered that the ancient object once held a psychedelic concoction used in a magical ritual. The mug ...

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The artifact was sculpted and hardened at a low temperature in the Middle Neolithic Age in Taiwan. (all photos courtesy Hung-Lin Chiu) Archaeologists in Taiwan have unearthed a snake-shaped piece of ...

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