Recent archaeological research unveiled that ancient Egyptians consumed a ritual drink combining fruits, nuts, psychedelics, ...

Back in the early 1920s, archaeologists came across an ancient Egyptian town called Deir el-Medina near the Nile River.

The artefact, donated to the Tampa Museum of Art in 1984, bears the image of Bes, an ancient Egyptian deity associated with ...

The research combined chemical and DNA analyses uncovered the first physical evidence of plants with psychotropic and ...

Researchers found a cocktail of psychedelic drugs, bodily fluids and alcohol when analysing DNA from a mug used by ancient ...

The mug is designed to resemble the head of Bes, an Egyptian god associated with joy, fertility and household protection. It ...

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In the Myth of the Solar Eye, an ancient Egyptian story ... This was peak Bes, a time when the god was seen as protecting the home, virility, and fertility and the production of Bes vessels ...

Ancient Egyptians consumed a gruesome alcoholic ... The palm-sized mug depicts the head of the strange deity Bes, who was believed to protect women and children, specifically during labour.

As such, the Egyptian people worshiped Bes for fertility, protection, medical healing, and magical purification, the researchers explained. Bes mugs have been discovered in a variety of ...

Such mugs, including the one donated to the Tampa Museum of Art in 1984, are decorated with the head of Bes, an ancient Egyptian god or guardian demon worshiped for protection, fertility ...