Hemp History Archives

400 BCE: Scythians smoke marijuana from golden bongs

400 BCE - Scythians smoke marijuana from golden bongs. In 2013 archaeologists unearthed a pair of "bongs" made of pure ...

77 CE: Dioscorides describes cannabis in ‘De Materia Medica’

77 CE: Dioscorides describes cannabis in 'De Materia Medica'. Pedanius Dioscorides (circa 40—90 CE) was a Greek physician, pharmacologist, and ...

77 – 79 CE: Pliny the Elder describes the cultivation and the industrial and medical use of cannabis

77 - 79 CE: Pliny the Elder describes the cultivation and the industrial and medical use of cannabis. Gaius Plinius ...

199 CE: Claudius Galen describes the hedonistic use of marijuana

199 CE: Claudius Galen describes the hedonistic use of marijuana. Aelius Galenus or Claudius Galenus (September CE 129 – 199/217), ...

200 – 300 CE: Goths bring cannabis to Central Europe

200 - 300 CE: Goths bring cannabis to Central Europe. The Goths were an East Germanic tribe of Scandinavian origin ...

500 CE: Cannabis helped to preserve ancient Indian artwork

500 CE: Cannabis helped to preserve ancient Indian artwork. Botanist Milind M. Sardesai and archaeochemist Rajdeo Singh studied 1,500-year-old plaster ...

500 CE: Human skeleton wrapped in cannabis plants

500 CE: Human skeleton wrapped in cannabis plants. In a report in the journal Economic Botany, archaeologist Hongen Jiang and ...

700 CE: Hemp is used in Shinto ceremonies

700 CE: Hemp is used in Shinto ceremonies. Hemp has an important function in the mythology of Shinto, the "Way ...

800 CE: Vikings utilize cannabis

800 CE: Vikings utilize cannabis. In 1903, Norwegian Archaeologists discovered a massive Viking ship at Oseberg (just South of Oslo, ...

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