There’s just one problem, according to Liam McEvoy: The blue lotus used in ancient Egypt and the water lily advertised online are completely different plants. McEvoy, a fourth-year UC Berkeley student ...

Known today as blue lotus, this aquatic beauty wasn’t just decorative — it was practically ancient Egypt’s pharmacy in a flower. Depictions of the blue lotus appear everywhere in Egyptian ...

Few plants are more celebrated in Egyptian mythology than the blue lotus, a stunning water lily ... to the pharaohs a place of honor among the ancient world's most esteemed. A team of ...

Getty Images The Blue Water Lily, also known as the Egyptian Lotus, provided the ancient Egyptians an ingredient that caused psychoactive effects such as euphoria and relaxation. Harmaline from ...

There's just one problem, according to Liam McEvoy: The blue lotus used in ancient Egypt and the water lily advertised online ...