It's no secret that drinking too much beer can make your head feel like it's spinning. But things could get way worse for beer drinkers in the Middle Ages, when the drink could cause full-on ...

An ancient animal bone filled with poisonous and hallucinogenic seeds was unearthed in the Netherlands, archaeologists said. Photo from BIAX Consult via Antiquity and Cambridge University Press About ...

Scientists in the Netherlands have discovered a hollowed-out bone containing black henbane seeds at a Roman archaeological site. For centuries, the plant has been associated with medicine and magic.

A nearly 2,000-year-old stash pouch provides the first evidence of the intentional use of a powerful psychedelic plant in Western Europe during the Roman Era. By Rachel Nuwer In 2011, archaeologists ...

Archaeologists working at the site of Houten-Castellum in the Netherlands uncovered the first conclusive evidence that Romans collected seeds from the black henbane plant, a toxic member of the ...

Two new archaeological finds suggest Roman subjects at the northern edge of the ancient empire used a hallucinogenic and poisonous plant called black henbane, the effects of which were described by ...

Black Henbane (Hyoscyamus niger) is an annual or biennial native to the Mediterranean region. It was originally introduced for ornamental and medicinal purposes. It invades fence rows, roadsides, ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

TORONTO (CTV Network) — Archeologists have discovered the first conclusive evidence that a hallucinogenic and poisonous plant was used in the Roman world. Known as black henbane, hundreds of the plant ...