Scientists find Yuezhi Shaman Tomb

**Decimus Attius Arbiter** · 12-03-2008, 03:52

It's a silly story but it mentions the Yuezhi and Scythians. Apparently marijuana was important for the afterlife so they buried the dead with their horse (of course) and a bowl of weed. It's also neat to hear that Yuezhi were blue eyed and blond haired.

The article has a link to a scientific journal if anybody is a hobbyist botanist.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,460425,00.html

**chenkai11** · 12-03-2008, 05:14

I wonder if it was still fresh?

**mcantu** · 12-03-2008, 05:14

i was trying to find this to post earlier...

**blitzkrieg80** · 12-03-2008, 06:21

while I appreciate the link, they inaccurately cite Herodotus' words (he mentioned they bathed in it, not seeking ecstacy, although i am sure the Scythians knew of its effect- it was also the seed they used, according to him, yuck)... some crappy hype / sensational voice in that article too, trying too hard to be cool... wow, reminds me why i don't respect journalism at all

interesting and nice to see nonetheless, thanks (sincerely). PIE FTW

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slightly OT fun quote:

Dennis Howard Green's Language and History in the Early Germanic World.

"A similar conclusion can be drawn from the second word which, because it also undergoes the Sound Shift, must have been loaned early enough into Germanic to make an association with the Bastarnae feasible. The word is attested in several Germanic languages (e.g. OE hnæp 'hemp') and corresponds to Gr. kánnabis with the same meaning, showing now two results of the [First Sound] Shift (k>h, b>p). This agreement with Greek does not mean that we are dealing with an early loan from Greek into Germanic, but instead with a loan into both languages from a common source. Where this source may be found is suggested by the observation of Herodotus that hemp was cultivated especially in the east by Scythians and Thracians. This conjunction of an early dating and the Thracians suggests the same background for 'hemp' as for the 'Carpathians' (where Thracians were also settled). Although the evidence for the Thracians as a possible source for both words may be quite fortuitous, the origin of the words in the south-east and adoption into Germanic long before the arrival of the Goths in this region seem unquestioned" (164-165).

**Gleemonex** · 12-03-2008, 06:27

Very interesting, and much thanks to the original poster.

I'm sorry it's taken me so long to respond, as I'm just now recovering from having raped my eye sockets with a sharpened curling iron covered in rock salt before I made it half-way through the second paragraph of that retarded FOX "News" article.

Here are some articles for people who aren't Bill S. Preston, Esquire:

2,700-year-old marijuana found in Chinese tomb --The Toronto Star

Phytochemical and genetic analyses of ancient cannabis from Central Asia --Oxford Journal of Experimental Botany

No offense intended, D.A.A, I know you pointed out these links. I just had to get that out of my system, and make these links plain.

-Glee

**Intranetusa** · 12-04-2008, 03:22

lol. this is almost as good as the "marijuana forest" in Afghanistan. (Literally thousands of 20 foot tall mary jane plants growing in remote parts of Afghanistan)

**navarro951** · 12-04-2008, 04:35

Best medicine we got in the states...to bad its illegal. Think about it, if its wrong and we shouldn't be doing it, that's like slapping God or whatever higher power you believe in in the face. I think the natural occurring drugs are here to help us get along in life. Just an opinion.

P.S. Great articles guys very interesting...no wonder the stuff lasted to today look at the value of it, somebody had to know of its greatness hehe!

**blitzkrieg80** · 12-04-2008, 07:13

here's something for you to think about EVERYONE : marijuana / cannabis bind to naturally occurring receptors in our brain, which have no other purpose discovered thus far except to cause what we know to happen from THC! our brain has evolved to purposely have the reaction caused in combination with pot... why would this be? is it by God then, as all things meted out by the creator? my own spirituality doesn't allow for a God not having something God doesn't want...

btw, Gleemonex, those articles were awesome... the really scientific / biological article seems to me to actually say that they recently discovered among that trove the existence of an unknown form of protein-structure for pot that otherwise hasn't been developed naturally by our peoples (but they had it back then!) and that the ancient Yüeh-Chih actually had such advanced techniques that they knew to cultivate Cannabis Indica and Cannabis Sativa for their special properties and their multitude of botanical combinations...

PS - on tv in the USA, National Geographic channel just showed an hour long program (called EXPLORER i think) on America's biggest cash crop, concerning the large supply and demand, highly useful herb and such... interesting, supposedly the government won't allow scientists to have any legal amount for scientific purposes if it might prove that it has a good benefit (which the government denies - surprise). that reminds me of botanical science in the USSR actually