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Monday, January 21, 2019
Fact of the Day: Alexander the Great Coffin
After he died, Alexander the Great's body was preserved in a coffin filled with honey.
This made me really curious, Adam. I had no idea that honey was used for embalming. Apparently its extremely high sugar content sucks water out of bacteria and dries them to death. Honey also contains small amounts of hydrogen peroxide, an antiseptic. So honey was an effective embalming agent. Good thing, because I couldn't keep track of all the movements of Alexander's coffin after his death!
Must have a sweet tooth.
ReplyDeleteThe bees knees
ReplyDeleteInteresting
ReplyDeleteYuck. What a waste of good honey.
ReplyDeleteThat's interesting. You always find really neat stuff! Hugs...RO
ReplyDeleteWith honey??? Does it preserve the body?
ReplyDeleteWell, that is a first.
ReplyDeleteNow that sounds like a sticky situation!
ReplyDeleteSeems like a strange thing to do.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea. How awful that perfectly good honey was wasted like that.
ReplyDeleteThis made me really curious, Adam. I had no idea that honey was used for embalming. Apparently its extremely high sugar content sucks water out of bacteria and dries them to death. Honey also contains small amounts of hydrogen peroxide, an antiseptic. So honey was an effective embalming agent. Good thing, because I couldn't keep track of all the movements of Alexander's coffin after his death!
ReplyDeleteI wonder if milk was used in the process, too. Then it could be said that Alexander went to the land of milk and honey.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if all rich people had their bodies preserved in honey too.
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