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Pottery Dating Back To The 14 Century BC Reveals First Opium Use In The World

Pottery vessel, unearthed in an excavation in Tel Yehud, with opium residue, dating back to the 14th century BC, is displayed in Israel Antiquities Authority lab in Jerusalem, on September 20, 2022. A joint study by the Israel Antiquities Authority, Tel Aviv University and the Weizmann Institute of Science reveals the world's earlier evident of opium use by the Canaanites as an offering for the dead. Photo by Debbie Hill UPI

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