Black pepper and wormwood found in cups from a Jordan tomb reveal 3,000-year-old funeral rites

Researchers in Sydney have pulled traces of black pepper and wormwood from clay cups buried with the dead in Jordan about 3,000 years ago. The cups come from Tomb 89 at Pella, a communal grave holding at least 82 people. Excavators opened the tomb in 1987, and the cups sat in storage until researchers sampled […]

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