p1: World's Oldest Marijuana

Dig site at Yanghai Tombs that discovered the oldest marijuana

Archaeologists have found a 2,700-year-old pot stash of marijuana in the Tombs of Yanghai, Turpan, China. Researchers claim it o be the oldest stash of marijuana on Earth.

The archeaologists believe that the tomb site was of a shaman and perhaps pot was used for spiritual adventures. 

The 789 grams of dried marijuana was buried alongside a light-haired, blue-eyed Caucasian man, likely a shaman, near Turpan in northwestern China.

The extremely dry conditions and alkaline soil acted as preservatives, allowing a team of scientists to carefully analyze the stash, which still looked green though it had lost its distinctive odour.