The History of Onions — The Vegetable Egypt Buried With Its Kings

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🧅 From pharaohs and pyramid workers to Olympians, plague doctors, and modern labs, this video follows the onion’s bizarre path through human history.

Why were onions placed in royal tombs?
How did they become medicine, currency, and ritual objects?
And what exactly is happening when one makes you cry?

In this episode from Crumb Lore, we trace the onion from its prehistoric roots in Central Asia to ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, medieval Europe, the Americas, and finally into the age of tearless onions.

If history gets weirder the closer you look, you’re in the right place.


By https://www.youtube.com/@crumb.lore-yt