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 team of archaeologists led by Dr. Maaike Groot from Freie Universität Berlin has provided the first firm evidence that the Romans deliberately collected and used the poisonous seeds of the black ...

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 ...

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 ...