They found the remains inside a 2,200-year-old vase that shows Bes, an ancient Egyptian dwarf god associated with childbirth, merriment and music. The team conducted chemical analyses of organic ...

Bes vases are a type of pottery decorated with a portrait or head of Bes, and were in circulation in Egypt from the New Kingdom period (1570 BC - 1070 BC) through the Hellenistic period (336 BC ...

A 2,200-year-old Egyptian vase depicting the dwarf god Bes has been found to contain traces of a hallucinogenic drink. Chemical analysis revealed ingredients like wild rue, Egyptian lotus ...