Is this what 2,500-year-old honey looks like? (IMAGE)

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Is this what 2,500-year-old honey looks like?

Caption

This bronze jar on display at the Ashmolean Museum contained a mysterious substance (shown in the foreground) that is very likely ancient honey.

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Adapted from the Journal of the American Chemical Society 2025, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c04888

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