Tag: alcohol

3 APR 2025 · 3 MIN

“I’ll Drink to That!” Everyone Loved Wine in Bronze Age Troy, New Study Finds

Homer’s Iliad is a problematic text. On the one hand, it tells us of a time before the Bronze Age Collapse in the twelfth century BC, a lost era before the Greek…

12 FEB 2025 · 2 MIN

The Roots of Carnival? New Finds Suggest Seasonal Parties in Pre-Columbian Brazil

Brazil is famous for its Carnival season, an almost week-long party which unifies the country in a spirit of feasting, drinking, and of course dancing. This is traditionally held just before Lent,…

18 NOV 2024 · 3 MIN

2nd Century BC Drug Vase Shows Ancient Egyptians Knew How to Party

A new analysis of a vase from ancient Egypt has revealed what we think everyone already knew: ancient Egyptians loved their psychedelics. The vase, fashioned in the likeness of the Egyptian party…