bernard Wrote:
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> Sam Wrote:
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> > Bernard wrote:
> >
> > If the theory of transatlantic trade were
> correct,
> > surely the results obtained by either
> Cartmell or
> > Manchester would corroborate the discovery
> of
> > cocaine in at least one of the Egyptian
> mummies
> > that have been tested by these teams. this
> lack of
> > results suggests that either Balabanova and
> her
> > associates are misinterpreting their results
> or
> > that the samples of mummies tested by them
> have
> > been mysteriously exposed to cocaine.”
> >
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> >
> > What about the mummy of Hennutawi? According
> to
> > the program it had enough nicotine in ti to
> be
> > lethal. Suggesting to some that the tobacco
> was
> > part of the mummification process. Was this
> > information in error? Has anyone retested
> this
> > mummy?
>
> Balabanova et al compared levels of nicotine in
> natural versus artificial mummies and found higher
> nicotine levels in the artificial mummies, i.e.
> nicotine apparently was added in the process of
> mummification
>
> Balabanova, S., et al. 1997 “Nicotine and cotinine
> in prehistoric and recent bones from Africa and
> Europe and the origin of these alkaloids,” Homo
> 48(1): 72-77
>
> BA thus disproved their original contention of
> trans Atlantic contact. Actually they should have
> done these tests in 1991 before they published
> their first paper.
>
> Bernard
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?? Balabanova herself never made any such trans-atlantic contentions. She only reported her findings. The amount of tobacco reported for this particular mummy was not consistent with food intake. Are you further suggesting that the AE had access to a native African tobacco plant? Would not such a plant have it's own genetic signature?