About This Lesson
Archaeological evidence suggests that even in ancient societies, people were already drinking cocoa. For many years the oldest known cocoa pot was the one found in a Mayan tomb in Guatemala. It dated from the fifth century, and archaeologists were able to find trace residues of chocolate inside. Why would a cocoa pot be left in a tomb? Chocolate is just candy to us, but there was a time when it was thought to be a food fit for kings. A thousand or two thousand years ago, having a cup of cocoa may even have been seen as a sacred event.
