2,400-year-old ‘bongs’ used by kings are found in Russia

Soft Secrets
28 May 2015

look very different to today’s smoking paraphernalia


look very different to today’s smoking paraphernalia

Instead of being plastic or glass these smoking devices are made from gold.

They are thought to have belonged to the Scythians, a nomadic warrior race who ruled large swathes of Europe and Asia between the 9th century BC and the 4th century AD.

Archaeologists found thick black residue in the bongs and confirmed that it was from cannabis and opium.

 

 

Read the story in full here - http://metro.co.uk/2015/05/28/2400-year-old-bongs-used-by-kings-to-smoke-canabis-and-opium-are-dug-up-in-russia-5219327/

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