6 Facts About How Cannabis Was Used in Ancient Egypt

In recent years, cannabis has been considered one of the most widespread medicinal herbs. Before, in ancient times, the plant, medicine, and drug’s reach was much wider as its use was much more common in different aspects of regular life. For thousands of years, cannabis has been part of Egypt’s cultural and religious practices, which many modern laws now prohibit.

First, yes, Ancient Egypt used cannabis as we do today, for medicinal purposes, but the Egyptians uncovered and used these medicinal properties far beyond what today’s medical science has been able to. The Ebers Papyrus, one of the oldest medical textbooks found, mentions a number of formulas that help with pain relief caused by various diseases and injuries including depression, glaucoma, inflammation, hemorrhoids, cataracts, and even cancer. In addition to its medical properties, cannabis was used for Egyptian religion and culture. When the mummy of Pharaoh Ramesses II was uncovered, traces of cannabis were found in the remains. Similar traces of the plant have been found in a number of other mummies, which confirms that marijuana was a regular part of Egyptian culture during ancient times. One of their gods, Seshat, the goddess of wisdom, is even often depicted with a marijuana leaf above her head in ancient paintings. Many worshippers may have used cannabis in religious rituals for this reason.

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5 Comments

  1. uqba ibn nafi on February 12, 2022 at 11:00 pm

    My nubian ancestors named their kingdom kush so of they got high in egypt



  2. Jαнllαи Jυѕтιтια on February 12, 2022 at 11:04 pm

    Canubis was the ancient Egyptian god of cannabis.



  3. Gary Chynne on February 12, 2022 at 11:14 pm

    get mummified. harharhar



  4. Zik0 ? on February 12, 2022 at 11:18 pm

    This made me feel better about myself as an Egyptian



  5. ms a on February 12, 2022 at 11:30 pm

    Hey dude you are new in this topic but this too old for asian and Egyptian ….😂😂😂