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Ancient party people?

Dr. Margarita Gleba from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich explains how the Scythians, feared warrior nomads from the steppes of Russia and Ukraine, acquired a reputation as heavy drinkers.

Picture: Attic painting on a clay plate of a Scythian archer blowing a trumpet, from the British Museum's collection, 6th century BC. (Credit: CM Dixon/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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