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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: Grainne who wrote (71628)1/8/2000 8:53:00 PM
From: Brumar89  Read Replies (2) of 108807
 
Thanks. I remain skeptical. They should test the mummies to determine if they are actually ancient Egyptians. The link alludes to a large traffic in fake mummies.

And on the nicotine angle, I see:

As well as Egypt and the Sudan, she tested bodies from China, Germany and Austria, spanning a period from 3700BC to 1100AD. A percentage of bodies from all these other regions also contained nicotine.
[Graph showing presence of nicotine: Percentage of bodies with positive result - Egypt:89% Sudan:90% China:62.5% Germany:34% Austria 100%]

Tobacco was widely used everywhere in the ancient world from Sudan to Austria to China and then was lost and died out, before being reintroduced from the America's after Colombus' voyage? Sounds questionable to me.
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