An archeological sensation is discussed in Georgia – the chairman of the anti-crisis council of the parliament, the deputy and mountain-climber Georgy Tortladze, announced a new historic discovery in the Borzhomi region.
During the meeting of the council, Tortladze stated that German scientists discovered remains of ancient honey in Western Georgia. According to the deputy, prehistoric honey was discovered during diggings at an interment near the village of Sakre in the Borzhomi region. Inside the grave of an “ancient Georgian woman” archeologists found three containers with three different sorts of honey. The deputy said their age is 5,500 years.
“Therefore, Georgian honey is older than Egyptian honey by several thousand years,” the curious deputy happily stated, speaking about honey discovered during diggings of the pyramid of Tutankhamen (1333-1323 B.C.), which was thought to be the most ancient evidence of beekeeping and honey production in the world.
The Georgian mass media is full of comments like “got the better of Tutankhamen.” But nobody asks about who was conducting the research or whether these sensational conclusions are scientifically grounded. Of course, being honey’s birthplace is as honorary as being wine’s birthplace. Viniculture and beekeeping are typical only for highly-developed (for its epoch) societies. Thus, it could be concluded that “Georgians were first to develop these cultures.” Moreover, they taught them to other peoples – Egyptians with their Tutankhamen.
In the late 20th century paleontologists discovered the remains of a so-called Homo Erectus, its age is close to 2 million years. French anthropologists studied skeletons and reconstructed the initial appearance of bodies, giving them Georgian names: Mzia for a woman, and Zezva for a man. Since that time Georgians began to say that “Georgia is the birthplace of ancient Europeans.”
Georgy Kalatozishvili, Tbilisi. Exclusively to VK
