article_snippet.sent: For most people a hangover will have most people reaching for the painkillers and greasy breakfast, but those living in ancient Egypt had a rather different approach.
article_snippet.sent: Historians have discovered a 1,900-year-old hangover cure written on This  papyrus.
article_snippet.sent: This  papyrus was found in Oxyrhynchus, Egypt, and contains a medical 'recipe' for treating a hangover .
article_snippet.sent: Alexandrian chamaedaphne, sometimes called Dane racemosa (above) was recommended as a cure for hangovers in Egypt 1,900 years ago by stringing the leaves in a garland that was hung around the neck .
article_snippet.sent: It is thought the hangover cure may have been necessary as many ancient societies drank wine rather than water, which was unsanitised.
article_snippet.sent: Ancient Egyptians would did not have modern hangover cures and used strings of leaves instead, according to new translations of 1,900 year old texts found at Oxyrhynchus in Egypt.
highlights_snippet.sent: Hangover treatment found in documents uncovered at Oxyrhynchus, Egypt .
  