Articles for tag: Ancient rituals, Arabian archaeology, Ethnobotany, Harmal, Medicinal plants, Pharmacognosy

World’s First Psychoactive Burn? Scientists Confirm Harmal Use in Ancient Arabia

Jan Otte

Archaeologists have found a startling secret in the dry landscapes of northwest Arabia, where the remnants of the ancient oasis settlement of Qurayyah whisper tales of forgotten civilizations: the first evidence of intentional psychoactive plant burning in the planet. Published in Communications Biology, a ground-breaking study shows that Iron Age people were breathing smoke from ...