00:00This jar of honey is 3,000 years old, and you could still eat it today.
00:05Archaeologists opened ancient Egyptian tombs and found sealed jars of honey
00:09more than 3,000 years old, and it was still perfectly edible.
00:13Here is why. Honey is basically sugar with almost no water,
00:18and bacteria cannot survive without moisture.
00:20On top of that, bees add natural acids and hydrogen peroxide,
00:25turning honey into a place where germs simply die.
00:27That is why honey was used as medicine and wound dressing for thousands of years.
00:32It literally never expires.
00:35The Egyptians knew this.
00:36They placed pots of honey in tombs as food for the afterlife,
00:40trusting it would last forever.
00:42And they were right.
00:43Modern labs have tested thousand-year-old honey and found it completely safe.
00:48Here is a fun test you can try.
00:50Real honey never dissolves instantly in water.
00:53It holds together in a lump.
00:55Fake syrup melts right away.
00:57So the next time you buy honey, test it yourself.
01:00Now my question.
01:01If you could store one food for 3,000 years, what would you pick?
01:06Comment below.
