Research led by anthropology and Egyptology student Liam McEvoy at the University of California, Berkeley, has proposed a new hypothesis about the use of the blue lotus in ancient Egypt.

How ancient Egyptians used the blue lotus in the ‘Journey of the Soul’. The Blue Lotus; Nymphaea Caerulea. Adelaide Botanic Gardens. (photo credit: amandabhslater is licensed under CC BY-SA 2. ...