Mystery Sticky Goo in 2,500-Year-Old Jars Linked to Ancient Greek Rituals

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A sticky residue discovered inside bronze jars at an ancient Greek shrine in southern Italy has been conclusively identified, bringing a 70-year archaeological debate to an end. The jars were uncovered in 1954 at Paestum, a city founded in the sixth century BC by Greek settlers who fled the destruction of Sybaris and established Poseidonia…

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