The 7th century bloke who's the cause of all the trouble in Africa and the Middle East was epileptic and some say he also took narcotics!

The revelations upon which the whole thing is based came during episodes when he was clearly afflicted by something, whether it was his epilepsy or narcotics isn't known for sure.

Anyway, looking at old physical "evidence" can be as misleading as taking the various "books" as read.

Really ancient writings only go back a few thousand years and just because it might have been written doesn't mean it was true either. The Egyptians often either defaced, altered or completely replaced earlier inscriptions and even Tutankhamun is a bit of a deceit because his Gold mask is of a very good looking young man, nothing like the King himself who actually had buck teeth.

Sooooooo, in th end it all comes down to what you want to believe..........