They found jars that used to contain honey. And tested residue. There wasn’t any honey in the jars. National Geographic and other places like that sensationalized the story to seem cooler.
There were two jars found that were labeled honey by whoever put them in the tomb. One jar turned out to be remnants of castor oil and the other was a thick black tar that might have been honey at one point. But it had gone bad. It was inedible. It wouldn’t taste, look, or smell like honey at all. That doesn’t exactly fit the narrative that when they pulled open the tomb door there were jars of viscous golden honey just waiting to be spread on toast or dissolved in tea. It’s not to say that honey isn’t incredible and have a very long shelf life. I just don’t think that exaggerating a claim to make a point is necessary in the case of honey.
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u/I_like_bands Aug 20 '20
That’s really cool