Multianalytical investigation reveals psychotropic substances in a ptolemaic Egyptian vase.
Scientific Reports November 13, 2024 Davide Tanasi, Branko F Van Oppen de Ruiter, Fiorella Florian et al. 9 citations
This study presents a comprehensive multimodal analytical study of an Egyptian ritual Bes-vase, of the 2nd century BCE employing cutting-edge proteomics, metabolomics, genetics techniques, and synchrotron radiation-based Fourier Transformed Infrared microSpectroscopy (SR µ-FTIR) to characterize organic residues of its content. We successfully identified the presence of various functional,...
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Biomolecular archaeology
Psychedelics
Ptolemaic egypt