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Smoking in Ancient Greece

Posted by sberry on 01 Apr 2025, 15:03

As I said in my current WIP thread, I have been in Gotha, Thuringia recently. Well, I think I should share this discovery with you – a tobacco pipe on an aspis shield, painted on an Attic amphora. This is incontrovertible evidence for tobacco smoking in Ancient Greece, I’d say:

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Posted by Iceman1964 on 01 Apr 2025, 17:48

:-D i would say is more a snail with large hornes :xd: :xd: :xd:
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Posted by Susofrick on 02 Apr 2025, 08:14

Now, at last, we know where Sherlock got his pipe from!

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Posted by Santi Pérez on 05 Apr 2025, 18:56

Iceman1964 wrote::-D i would say is more a snail with large hornes :xd: :xd: :xd:

I think it's a musical instrument, some kind of horn or something like that. :mrgreen:

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Posted by Peter on 18 Apr 2025, 15:00

I agree with Stephan! :mrgreen:
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