Ancient Cannabis Use: Traces Found in 2,800-Year-Old Hair

 Ancient Cannabis Use: Traces Found in 2,800-Year-Old Hair

A Scythian tomb in Siberia yielded about 1,000 cannabis seeds and hair with chemical traces, a good case for use and a weaker one for intoxication.

In the central burial chamber of a princely tomb in Tyva, in southern Siberia, human hair survived for roughly 2,800 years, and several samples give clear chemical signals consistent with cannabinol,…