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5,000-Year-Old Wine Discovered In Tomb Of Ancient Egyptian Queen
The discovery was made in Upper Egypt, about 10 km from the Nile River, by archaeologists from the University of Vienna.
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Greece's First Underwater Museum Opens Ancient World To Dive Tourists
Emerging from the crystal-clear turquoise waters of the Aegean Sea, Hans-Juergen Fercher has just returned from his fourth dive to where mounds of 2,500-year-old wine pots mark the site of an ancient shipwreck -- and Greece's first underwater museum.
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Grapes On Mars: Georgia Winemakers Aiming High
Georgia is immensely proud of its ancient wine-making tradition, claiming to have been the first nation to make wine. Now it wants to be the first to grow grapes on Mars.
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"Real Vintage": Chinese Archaeologists May Have Found 2,000-Year-Old Wine
Archaeologists in central China Tuesday believe they have unearthed a 2,000-year-old pot of wine that had been sealed and buried in a tomb.
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How the World's Most Popular Foods Have Traveled all Over the Planet
From the grains in your breakfast cereal to the grapes in your wine, there's a strong chance that the food you eat on a daily basis has its ancient origins thousands of miles away.
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Climate Change is Good News for English Wine
While climate change menaces vineyards in southern Europe, English winemakers are raising a toast to warming weather as it improves their wines and has helped revive an ancient tradition.
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Did You Know the History Behind Toasting?
In ancient Greece, a dinner host would take the first sip of wine to assure guests the wine was not poisoned, hence the phrase "drinking to one's health." And "toasting" specifically started in ancient Rome when the Romans continued the Greek tradition...
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A sophisticated drink in a 3,700 year old wine cellar
Scientists have uncovered a 3,700-year-old wine cellar in the ruins of a Canaanite palace in Israel, and chemical analysis shows this is where they kept the good stuff.Samples from the ceramic jars suggest they held a luxurious beverage that was evidently...
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5,000-Year-Old Wine Discovered In Tomb Of Ancient Egyptian Queen
The discovery was made in Upper Egypt, about 10 km from the Nile River, by archaeologists from the University of Vienna.
-
Greece's First Underwater Museum Opens Ancient World To Dive Tourists
Emerging from the crystal-clear turquoise waters of the Aegean Sea, Hans-Juergen Fercher has just returned from his fourth dive to where mounds of 2,500-year-old wine pots mark the site of an ancient shipwreck -- and Greece's first underwater museum.
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Grapes On Mars: Georgia Winemakers Aiming High
Georgia is immensely proud of its ancient wine-making tradition, claiming to have been the first nation to make wine. Now it wants to be the first to grow grapes on Mars.
-
"Real Vintage": Chinese Archaeologists May Have Found 2,000-Year-Old Wine
Archaeologists in central China Tuesday believe they have unearthed a 2,000-year-old pot of wine that had been sealed and buried in a tomb.
-
How the World's Most Popular Foods Have Traveled all Over the Planet
From the grains in your breakfast cereal to the grapes in your wine, there's a strong chance that the food you eat on a daily basis has its ancient origins thousands of miles away.
-
Climate Change is Good News for English Wine
While climate change menaces vineyards in southern Europe, English winemakers are raising a toast to warming weather as it improves their wines and has helped revive an ancient tradition.
-
Did You Know the History Behind Toasting?
In ancient Greece, a dinner host would take the first sip of wine to assure guests the wine was not poisoned, hence the phrase "drinking to one's health." And "toasting" specifically started in ancient Rome when the Romans continued the Greek tradition...
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A sophisticated drink in a 3,700 year old wine cellar
Scientists have uncovered a 3,700-year-old wine cellar in the ruins of a Canaanite palace in Israel, and chemical analysis shows this is where they kept the good stuff.Samples from the ceramic jars suggest they held a luxurious beverage that was evidently...
