6 Strangest Archaeological Discoveries

Ancient Egyptian Tobacco

Did you know that ancient Egyptians smoked tobacco? During a routine chemical test the scientists found traces of nicotine on some of the mummies. That’s weird because we thought that it could be found only in the New World. Some believe that similar plants were growing in Europe and Africa too, but went extinct a few thousand years ago. Or maybe they just sailed to the Americas to ask for a jar of tobacco? They did have the ships, so who knows.

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