Honey identified in 2,500-year old Greek shrine offering

https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-07-30-oxford-chemists-identify-honey-offering-2500-year-old-shrine

Researchers in the University of Oxford’s Department of Chemistry, have solved a decades-old archaeological puzzle by reinvestigating the molecular composition of an intriguing residue found in bronze jars excavated from a 6th-century BCE Greek shrine close to Pompeii.

The study presents the first biomolecular evidence that the residue once contained honey, likely in the form of honeycomb.

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