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The world's oldest wine cellar
Archeology

The world's oldest wine cellar

The discovery of an ancient wine cellar in Israel shows that people have been producing, distributing and consuming wine for a long time in the Mediterranean and Near Ea…

December 17, 2018
Discovering the ancient tombs of the women
Archeology

Discovering the ancient tombs of the women

A new study has found that the ancient Nordic people loved drinking barley wine, honey, kumquat, herbs and even imported wines from Greece and Rome.

December 17, 2018
Wine cellar of 3,700 years old
Archeology

Wine cellar of 3,700 years old

Recent archaeologists have discovered a wine cellar dating to about 3,700 years old under a palace in northern Israel.

December 17, 2018
French wine is of Italian origin
Archeology

French wine is of Italian origin

Archaeological evidence shows that grapes and wine processing techniques of France originated from Etrusca, part of Italy today.

December 17, 2018
Humans have tasted wine 10 million years ago
Archeology

Humans have tasted wine 10 million years ago

Scientists working at the Applied Molecular Evolution Fund based in Gainesville, Florida (USA) have tracked the evolution of the enzyme molecule of people with the funct…

December 17, 2018
Discover 6,000 year old wine making equipment
Archeology

Discover 6,000 year old wine making equipment

Scientists from Armenia, the US and Ireland have discovered the oldest wine-making device ever, estimated to be about 6,000 years old, in southern Armenia.

December 17, 2018
Ancient Christian wine factory in Egypt
Archeology

Ancient Christian wine factory in Egypt

Archaeologists have announced the discovery of two Egyptian cellars likely to belong to the region's oldest wine processing industry, producing holy wine to export to fo…

December 17, 2018
Important findings about ancient Egypt
Archeology

Important findings about ancient Egypt

The mummy of a child, the dwarf statue, or the trail of a missing ancient city are some of what has been found about the mysterious ancient Egyptian world.

December 17, 2018
Whale fossils found in vineyards
Archeology

Whale fossils found in vineyards

The largest whale fossil was discovered in Italy in one of the country's best vineyards. The five-million-year-old whale skeleton, 10 meters long, was dug up in Tuscany,…

December 17, 2018