It has long been believed that these “hemp rituals” were nothing more than a myth, but it is a fact this ceremony did occur. In…

“It has long been believed that these “hemp rituals” were nothing more than a myth, but it is a fact this ceremony did occur. In 1929, Professor S. I. Rudenko and his team of archaeologists were digging some ancient ruins near the Altai Mountains, on the border between Siberia and Outer Mongolia. They unearthed a 20-foot deep trench about 160 square feet in size.

Around the trench, they found the skeletons of horses and inside the trench was the embalmed body of a man and a large cauldron filled with the residue of cannabis seeds. It is interesting to note that the sacrifice of a horse was considered the most “prestigious” sacrificial gift to their pantheon of seven gods.”

–Karen Graham at the Digital Journal, “Ancient Scythians spread the use of cannabis in death rituals.” (Originally viaarchaeologicalnews.)