This May Be What 2,500-Year-Old Honey Looks Like

Scientists think this orange goo is 2,500-year-old honey

New chemical analysis of an ancient Greek jar has archeologists buzzing.

Substance inside 2,500-year-old jars finally identified as honey

This bronze jar on display at the Ashmolean Museum contained a mysterious substance (shown in the foreground) that is very likely ancient honey. Credit: Adapted from the Journal of the American Chemical Society 2025, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c04888 Scientists have finally determined the composition of mysterious sticky residues inside 2,500-year-old bronze jars discovered more than 70 years ago. The findings, published in a study in the Journal of the…

This may be what 2,500-year-old honey looks like

Decades ago, archaeologists discovered a sticky substance in a copper jar in an ancient Greek shrine. Until recently, the identity of the residue was still murky—is it a mixture of fats, oils and beeswax or something else?

Archaeologists Discover 2,500-Year-Old Honey in Bronze Jars Unearthed in Italy

Archaeologists have reexamined the 2,500-year-old remnants discovered in bronze containers at an underground shrine in Paestum, Italy, previously categorized as a mixture of wax, fat, and resin. Utilizing a multi-species approach, the researchers identified lipids, sugar degradation products, hexose sugars, and key royal jelly proteins. Paestum Honey: (a) An underground shrine in Paestum, Italy. (b) [...] The post Archaeologists Discover 2,500-Y…

Bronze Jars Found in Italy Contain 2,500-Year-Old Honey, Archaeologists Find

Archaeologists have re-examined a 2500-year-old residue found in bronze jars at an underground shrine in Paestum, Italy, previously identified as a wax/fat/resin mixture. The post Bronze Jars Found in Italy Contain 2,500-Year-Old Honey, Archaeologists Find appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.