[SunkenCiv]

They found the skeletons of the dead drunk Greeks who'd passed out from drinking it instead of standing sentry. The discovery of this drink is the *real* reason for the fall of the Mycenaean palace civilization.

[Tax-chick]

*snert*

The team is confident that the ancients really were quaffing some sort of cocktail from these cups, and that the residues aren't just the remains of a succession of different drinks. "So many of them show the same mix," says McGovern. "It's hard to imagine how all of them could have accumulated the same compounds unless the drinks were mixed up at the same time."

That makes sense. Not conclusive, but it's certainly a reasonable deduction.