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The new tactic was successful and revealed the vase had a cocktail of psychedelic drugs, bodily fluids and alcohol-a combination that Tanasi believes was used in magical ritual reenacting an Egyptian myth, likely for fertility. The concoction was flavored with honey, sesame seeds, pine nuts, licorice and grapes, which e commonly used to make the beverage look like were blood. "This research teaches us about magic rituals in the Greco-Roman period in Egypt," Van Oppen said. "Egyptologists believe that people visited the so-called Bes Chambers at Saggara when they wished to confirm a successful pregnancy because pregnancies in the ancient world were fraught with dangers. "So, this combination of ingredients may have been used in a dream-vision inducing magic ritual within the context of this dangerous period of childbirth."
