[#item_full_content] Researchers studying a 2,800-year-old princely tomb in southern Siberia have found about 1,000 cannabis seeds alongside preserved human hair containing chemical traces associated with cannabis intoxication. The discovery, reported by Phys.org, ScienceAlert and Discover Magazine, suggests that people buried in the Scythian-era tomb may have used cannabis for its psychoactive effects as part of elaborate funerary rituals involving sacrificed horses and, most likely, human sacrifices. 
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In a 2,800-year-old Siberian tomb, researchers found about 1,000 cannabis seeds and chemical traces in human hair, suggesting ritual intoxication among people buried alongside sacrificed horses and other remains
ByPot Shop News
November 8, 2026