Cannabis was used in ancient Israelite desert shrine rituals say researchers
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dailystar.co.ukCannabis was likely smoked by ancient Israelites as part of a spiritual ritual, leading researchers have found. Traces of weed being used as 'holy smoke', have emerged from analysis carried out at the remains of a desert Israelite shrine, estimated to be from around 1,000BC.
It is believed ancient Israelites may have used imported cannabis to get high as part of their religious ritual. The findings comes from Israeli researchers who found traces of the drug at the altar of the 3,000-year-old complex.
The Tel Arad temple, is situated in the Negev Desert about six miles from the southern Israeli town of Arad. The site was discovered more than 50 years ago but new analysis of unidentified organic material on the limestone altar yielded the
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