Originally Posted By: terrytnewzealand
Scpg02 wrote:

"Cocain in the mummies show trade was much more wide spread than science ever thought it was".

I thought cocain was South American. If it's found in mummies trade in the ancient world was reallly widespread. Have you a link to cocain in Egyptian mummies?

MikeBinOK. Thanks for the joke link. It'll keep me entertained for weeks.


Scpg02, is quite right , I read about Cocaine being found in (some) Egyptian mummies about 5 years ago.
If Cocaine, and certainly Tobacco, was only indiginous to the Americas, it would open a whole new can of worms.
Regarding Inter-continental/Atlantic trade.
Remember 'Theo Hyderal' who proved ancients crossed the Atlantic in a reed rafts. (Sorry I have forgotten the guys exact name).
Also the South American pyramids?

Found a couple of Web sites regarding cocaine. Wiki also has an entry.

http://www.colostate.edu/Dept/Entomology/courses/en570/papers_2000/wells.html
http://www.esolibris.com/articles/alternative_history/cocaine_mummies.php

http://www.science-frontiers.com/sf111/sf111p01.htm
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