How did people get sugar in the old days? Exploring Historical Sweeteners
                                
                                
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                                Did you know that honey found in King Tut's tomb thousands of years later was still edible? Before modern refining, how did people get sugar in the old days? For millennia, humans relied on a variety of natural sweeteners, from bee products to plant saps, long before granulated sugar became a common household item.