Georgia is not only the homeland of winemaking but also of beekeeping. This was proven in 2003, when archaeologists discovered a burial mound near the village of Sakire in the Borjomi district of the Samtskhe-Javakheti region, at the foot of Mount Kodiani, 2,000 meters above sea level. The site dates back to the middle of the 4th millennium BC—around 5,500 years ago, or the 35th century BC. During the excavation, two ceramic vessels were unearthed, both containing honey. This honey turned out to be about 20 centuries older than the previously oldest known honey, which had been found in Egypt in the tomb of Tutankhamun (who reigned from 1347 to 1337 BC). The Greek mathematician Pythagoras, who died at the age of 90, claimed that the secret of his long and, most importantly, fruitful life was solely the daily consumption of honey.