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Honey from sealed Egyptian tombs is still edible after 3,000 years
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Honey from sealed Egyptian tombs is still edible after 3,000 years

Boing Boing·Ellsworth Toohey·about 1 month ago
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Derma Sciences sells a wound bandage called Medihoney that hospitals use to treat burns and slow-healing sores. The active ingredient is exactly what you'd guess: honey. The same stuff in…

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Archaeologists Unearth a Papyrus Fragment From the 'Iliad' Tucked Inside the Wrappings of a 1,600-Year-Old Egyptian Mummy
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Archaeologists Unearth a Papyrus Fragment From the 'Iliad' Tucked Inside the Wrappings of a 1,600-Year-Old Egyptian Mummy

Smithsonian Magazine·Ellen Wexler·about 1 month ago
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The excerpt from Homer's epic poem features his catalog of ships, a famous passage listing the Greek forces that sailed to Troy. It may be the first Greek literary text found in the context of mummification

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