How prevalent were recreational drugs in the ancient world?
2017年5月21日 · Ancient Greece (among other cultures) are said to have used magic mushrooms in rituals and religious events, for example in the Eleusinian Mysteries Psychoactive mushrooms are another candidate. Terence McKenna speculated that the mysteries were focused around a variety of Psilocybe.
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Were any drugs (except alcohol) forbidden during medieval or …
According to Paul Devereux in his book Mysterious Ancient America, most of the pre-Columbian American civilizations were controlled by shamanistic cults who used various hallucinogenic substances prepared from plants - mushrooms, cacti, jimson weed, etc - to induce trance-like states which gave them the appearance of "communing with the spirit world", etc and was one …
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2018年10月28日 · Whether for its nutritive value, keeping quality, safety over potentially contaminated sources of water, use as a medium for medicines, or for the pleasure of its flavor or effect, beer was a staple in ancient Egypt, even described as its "national drink" (Lutz 1922:76).
science - How did ancient cultures identify a new moon when it …
Neither Babylonians nor the ancient Jews could or even tried to determine the moment of true conjunction. The Jewish month started on the day when the new Moon was VISIBLE, not on the true conjunction. The very notion of conjunction is Greek. But Maimonides tries to determine the moment of conjunction based on Ptolemy's theory.
Why did ancient cultures (e.g. the Mesopotamians) use sexagesimal?
2020年9月17日 · Why did ancient cultures, such as the Mesopotamians, use sexagesimal (base-60)? I've been doing some reading on this, and there seems to be no consensus. Of course, it's rare that there's perfect consensus in archaeology and ancient history, but, as I see it, the answer is wildly different depending upon which author you consult.
Were there any ancient cultures that accepted homosexuality?
2016年6月7日 · Were there any ancient cultures (say more than 500 years old) that were accepting of open or partially open homosexuality in either men or women? For the purposes of this question, I don't count pedophilia. Reworded question: I see from the answers that pedophilia can't be completely separated from ancient concepts of sexuality.
Pedophilia in ancient Greek and Roman culture
2017年4月13日 · In ancient Athens and Rome, the modern concept of paedophilia did not exist as such, so the question would be meaningless to an Athenian if you asked him. If by paedophilia you mean the modern psychiatric definition, which pertains to sex with pre-pubescent children, that was considered abnormal and probably as rare as now.
Have breasts been proudly and publicly uncovered, in any culture ...
Unlike the modern western world, women's clothing in Ancient Egypt tended to be more conservative than that of men. Throughout the Old, Middle and New Kingdom, the most frequently used costume for women was the simple sheath dress. A rectangular piece of cloth was folded once and sewn down the edge to make a tube.
ancient greece - Have any cultures had a four-element system …
2022年4月18日 · Ancient Greek culture (Empedocles, Aristotle) had fire, earth, air, and water. Such a system is also known in Buddhism and alchemy. Sometimes the third of these elements is conceived as wind. Hinduism has these four plus a fifth, understood as aether or void; Japanese culture conceives of the fifth as void, sky, or heaven.