Posted by Maureen on 10/23/2007, 6:51 pm The most famous use of this technique was apparently with Alexander the Great, as they not only brought him home to his tomb in Egypt in a coffin filled with honey, but actually put him on exhibit there in a glass coffin held together with silver and filled with honey. At one point, the alleged body of a centaur was put on display in Rome in such a coffin. (Sounds like a Roman sideshow hoax to me....) So Holmes was displaying his interest in the science and engineering of classical times by embalming himself in honey -- in a glass-windowed coffin, to boot! (And so were DiC's writers.)
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Apparently, honey was pretty commonly used in ancient times to transport corpses long distances (so that they could be buried at home). The Egyptians probably invented this use. 
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