Spanish Scientist Suggests Ancient Egyptians Chewed Narcotic Plants

A Spanish researcher suggested that ancient Egyptians chewed narcotic plants after spotting sexual dimorphism in ancient Egyptian skulls unearthed at the Montuemhat necropolis (TT34), in the Assasif region, in Luxor (southern Egypt). Sexual dimorphism is the systematic difference in form between individuals of different sex in the same species. Researcher Jesus Lopez, from the biology department at Madrid’s Cantoblanco Universidad, conducted a study involving skulls of 43 women and 41 men.