Nature's cheat codes for endless life
Myths and elixirs of the ancient world
The biology of staying young
Digital minds and the code of life
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007skaty The Philosopher's Stone
They turned pure gold into a glowing crimson drink, / To live forever right on immortality's brink.
007skaty Written around 2100 BCE, this epic details how Enkidu's death led Gilgamesh to an ocean plant that explains why snakes shed skins.
007skaty Court alchemists in ancient China prescribed deadly mercury as an elixir of immortality
007skaty Sort the golden peaches to learn how ancient cultures pictured the path to immortality.
Golden immortality: Ancient Indian Ayurvedic texts mention using purified mercury and gold to rejuvenate the body and extend life.
A magical or medicinal potion, especially one believed to prolong life indefinitely. In 210 BC, Emperor Qin Shi Huang died after drinking toxic mercury elixirs to gain eternal life.
In the Epic of Gilgamesh, which creature steals the magical plant of youth while the king is bathing?
Approximately when was the Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the oldest written stories about seeking immortality, first recorded?
007skaty Medieval European alchemists attempted to create the legendary Philosopher's Stone
Which toxic liquid metal did Chinese Emperor Qin Shi Huang consume in pills, believing it would grant him immortality?
In what year did Qin Shi Huang successfully unify China before starting his obsessive search for the Elixir of Life?
In which classic Chinese novel does the Monkey King, Sun Wukong, sneak into a garden and eat the peaches of immortality?
In Chinese mythology, which goddess cultivates the legendary peaches of immortality on Mount Kunlun?
What is the Latin term for the 'Great Work' that European alchemists performed to create the Philosopher's Stone?