Bronze Jars Found in Italy Contain 2,500-Year-Old Honey, Archaeologists Find (www.sci.news)
from throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to archaeology@mander.xyz on 31 Jul 2025 02:53
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gorlak@lemmy.world on 31 Jul 2025 03:49 next collapse

Now we get to learn if honey actually goes bad

drasglaf@sh.itjust.works on 31 Jul 2025 11:32 collapse

I might be misremembering, but didn’t we already find older honey in Egypt?

Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone on 31 Jul 2025 04:26 collapse

Bees 2500 years ago, having their honey taken only to have it sit in the dirt for 2.5 millennia:

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