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http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/did-ancient-egyptians-trade-nicotine-and-cocaine-new-world-001025
14 NOVEMBER, 2013 - 05:47 APRILHOLLOWAY
Did Ancient Egyptians Trade Nicotine and Cocaine With the New World?
It has long been said that Christopher Columbus was not the first foreigner to step foot in the Americas by the time he reached there in 1492. Among the theories put forward is that the Vikings, Chinese, Greeks, and Italians may have all reached the New World before Columbus. Now new evidence suggests that the ancient Egyptians had been to the Americas as early as 1,000 BC, and for a surprising reason.
German scientist Dr Svetla Balabanova was studying the mummified remains of Lady Henut Taui, a member of the ruling class, when she made a surprising discovery – the mummy contained traces of nicotine and cocaine . Disbelief in the findings led to alternative hypotheses, for example, that the tests were contaminated or the mummies were fakes, but these ideas were disproved and the mummy and the test results were found to be authentic.
The results were particularly surprising considering that tobacco and coca plants, which were only found in the Americas at the time, were not exported overseas until the Victorian era in the 19 th century. Could it be that the ancient Egyptians had made it all the way to America 3,000 years ago?
A number of archaeological discoveries have certainly suggested that the Egyptians were masters of the seas. In around 1477 BC, Queen Hatshepsut funded a mysterious overseas expedition to the Land of Punt , which is depicted in a relief at Deir el-Bahri (in modern day Luxor). It shows five ships, each measuring about 70 feet long, carrying 210 men and loaded with gold, trees and exotic animals which can only be found along the coast of Africa and Arabian Peninsula, indicating that the Egyptians were able to undertake fairly large scale oceanic voyages.
Then, in 2011, a series of remarkable discoveries on a stretch of the Red Sea coast proved the Egyptian’s seafaring abilities. Archaeologists excavating a dried-up lagoon, known as Mersa Gawasis, unearthed traces of an ancient harbour that once launched early voyages like Hatshepsut’s onto the open ocean. Inside a series of man-made caves they found timber, rigging, limestone anchors, steering oars, reed mats, cedar planks, and the remains of the oldest seagoing ships ever discovered, which offers hard proof of the Egyptians’ nautical roots.
Further evidence of an Egyptian journey to the Americas comes from an intriguing but unverified discovery in the Marble Region of the Grand Canyon. According to the Arizona Gazette, on 5 th April, 1909, two Smithsonian-funded explorers found a variety of Egyptian-like artefacts including tablets with hieroglyphics inside caves. However, the Smithsonian Institute has no current records of the finding. Such a discovery would have offered hard evidence of an Egyptian journey to Americas but perhaps it is just too inconvenient to rewrite the history books and alter long-held traditions such as the Columbus Day celebrations
I've heard about this before. Interesting stuff.
Now we know why all the ancients and people up until 1950s were skinny af :
They were all cokeheads :3
Taking it as medicine and drinking it in sodas n shiz
Very interesting.
Apparently Ramses the Great was a Marlboro Man
IgnorantDeadline -They definitely did a lot of drugs...that's for sureNow we know why all the ancients and people up until 1950s were skinny af :
They were all cokeheads :3
Taking it as medicine and drinking it in sodas n shiz
Later
Def. possible.
Here is the text from an article in the Arizona Gazette published April 5th, 1909. This exploration in the Grand Canyon was carried out by the Smithsonian Institute and the article was written to share what GE Kinkaid, the exporer who found the shrine and the Institute had found up to the date of the article. The Gov't stepped in iirc and shut down any press and all further mention of any discoveries in the Grand Canyon stopped as well.
http://www.spiritofmaat.com/archive/nov2/gazette.htm
"The latest news of the progress of the explorations of what is now regarded by scientists as not only the oldest archeological discovery in the United States, but one of the most valuable in the world, which was mentioned some time ago in the Gazette, was brought to the city yesterday by G.E. Kinkaid, the explorer who found the great underground citadel of the Grand Canyon during a trip from Green River, Wyoming, down the Colorado, in a wooden boat, to Yuma, several months ago.
According to the story related to the Gazette by Mr. Kinkaid, the archeologists of the Smithsonian Institute [1], which is financing the expeditions, have made discoveries which almost conclusively prove that the race which inhabited this mysterious cavern, hewn in solid rock by human hands, was of oriental origin, possibly from Egypt, tracing back to Ramses. If their theories are borne out by the translation of the tablets engraved with hieroglyphics, the mystery of the prehistoric peoples of North America, their ancient arts, who they were and whence they came, will be solved. Egypt and the Nile, and Arizona and the Colorado will be linked by a historical chain running back to ages which staggers the wildest fancy of the fictionist...."
In for pics of Dr Svetla. Probably a hot Russian.
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Interesting read man. thanks
sakuverymuch - Slash and burn farmers using hand plows were able to trade cash crops? It's ridiculous.
How do we know what the Americas looked like at the time? We barely have an accurate picture of what it looked like 800 years ago
sakuverymuch -Dashabox -You'd be able to follow the DNA trail of domesticated crops. They would have traded seeds.Def. possible.
Here is the text from an article in the Arizona Gazette published April 5th, 1909. This exploration in the Grand Canyon was carried out by the Smithsonian Institute and the article was written to share what GE Kinkaid, the exporer who found the shrine and the Institute had found up to the date of the article. The Gov't stepped in iirc and shut down any press and all further mention of any discoveries in the Grand Canyon stopped as well.
http://www.spiritofmaat.com/archive/nov2/gazette.htm
"The latest news of the progress of the explorations of what is now regarded by scientists as not only the oldest archeological discovery in the United States, but one of the most valuable in the world, which was mentioned some time ago in the Gazette, was brought to the city yesterday by G.E. Kinkaid, the explorer who found the great underground citadel of the Grand Canyon during a trip from Green River, Wyoming, down the Colorado, in a wooden boat, to Yuma, several months ago.
According to the story related to the Gazette by Mr. Kinkaid, the archeologists of the Smithsonian Institute [1], which is financing the expeditions, have made discoveries which almost conclusively prove that the race which inhabited this mysterious cavern, hewn in solid rock by human hands, was of oriental origin, possibly from Egypt, tracing back to Ramses. If their theories are borne out by the translation of the tablets engraved with hieroglyphics, the mystery of the prehistoric peoples of North America, their ancient arts, who they were and whence they came, will be solved. Egypt and the Nile, and Arizona and the Colorado will be linked by a historical chain running back to ages which staggers the wildest fancy of the fictionist...."
How many apple trees were on the American continent before Europeans colonized it? Zero. Why wouldn't they have brought over their domesticated plants? You know how many people in the Americas rode horses pre-Columbus? Zero
All I know is an article was written in 1909 about a discovery with Hieroglyphics and other Egyptian symbology and tech supposedly found by the Smithonian Institute in the Grand Canyon before the Feds stepping in and everything going black.
I know for a fact that Columbus wasn't the first to dicover the Americas, so who know who else could have been here as well.
Also horses were native to the Americas before the Spanish came and re-introduced them. So who is to say if people rode horses before Columbus?
Dashabox -The Smithsonian grabbed many American artifacts according to many old newspaper clippings. I don't think they have them on display now either.sakuverymuch -Dashabox -You'd be able to follow the DNA trail of domesticated crops. They would have traded seeds.Def. possible.
Here is the text from an article in the Arizona Gazette published April 5th, 1909. This exploration in the Grand Canyon was carried out by the Smithsonian Institute and the article was written to share what GE Kinkaid, the exporer who found the shrine and the Institute had found up to the date of the article. The Gov't stepped in iirc and shut down any press and all further mention of any discoveries in the Grand Canyon stopped as well.
http://www.spiritofmaat.com/archive/nov2/gazette.htm
"The latest news of the progress of the explorations of what is now regarded by scientists as not only the oldest archeological discovery in the United States, but one of the most valuable in the world, which was mentioned some time ago in the Gazette, was brought to the city yesterday by G.E. Kinkaid, the explorer who found the great underground citadel of the Grand Canyon during a trip from Green River, Wyoming, down the Colorado, in a wooden boat, to Yuma, several months ago.
According to the story related to the Gazette by Mr. Kinkaid, the archeologists of the Smithsonian Institute [1], which is financing the expeditions, have made discoveries which almost conclusively prove that the race which inhabited this mysterious cavern, hewn in solid rock by human hands, was of oriental origin, possibly from Egypt, tracing back to Ramses. If their theories are borne out by the translation of the tablets engraved with hieroglyphics, the mystery of the prehistoric peoples of North America, their ancient arts, who they were and whence they came, will be solved. Egypt and the Nile, and Arizona and the Colorado will be linked by a historical chain running back to ages which staggers the wildest fancy of the fictionist...."
How many apple trees were on the American continent before Europeans colonized it? Zero. Why wouldn't they have brought over their domesticated plants? You know how many people in the Americas rode horses pre-Columbus? ZeroAll I know is an article was written in 1909 about a discovery with Hieroglyphics and other Egyptian symbology and tech supposedly found by the Smithonian Institute in the Grand Canyon before the Feds stepping in and everything going black.
I know for a fact that Columbus wasn't the first to dicover the Americas, so who know who else could have been here as well.
Also horses were native to the Americas before the Spanish came and re-introduced them. So who is to say if people rode horses before Columbus?
So where else in the world are nicotine and coca grown today?
By your explanation there should be a widespread dispersion of these plants in many environments. I'm not aware of any outside the Americas.
Perhaps they didn't trade seeds, because it was pointless to do so when you would struggle to grow a minimum crop, where as in the Americas they clearly were able to grow a surplus with minimal effort.
alkysmurf - So where else in the world are nicotine and coca grown today?This was my thinking... of course you don't give your potential competitor the seeds that put you out of business
By your explanation there should be a widespread dispersion of these plants in many environments. I'm not aware of any outside the Americas.
Perhaps they didn't trade seeds, because it was pointless to do so when you would struggle to grow a minimum crop, where as in the Americas they clearly were able to grow a surplus with minimal effort.
It makes all the sense in the world. Aren't there gigantic pyramids in South America that were built 1,000+ years earlier than the supposed dating of the Egyptian pyramids?
Pharoahs smoked Camels
I wonder if they did lines off of strippers asses back then
Tim Duncan - Pharoahs smoked CamelsLol