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Thread #116686   Message #2507301
Posted By: fretless
03-Dec-08 - 09:25 PM
Thread Name: BS: Worlds oldest pot stash - busted
Subject: RE: BS: Worlds oldest pot stash - busted
A new find, perhaps, but an old story. Herodotous wrote about the ancient Scythians getting high in "vapor" baths -- they'd burn the hemp in enclosed tents (sort of like standing inside of a reefer!), and excavations of tombs in teh Altai mountains of Central Asia during the 20th century recovered braziers used for burning the pot along with residue from the plants.