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DNA From Ancient Grape Seeds Shows Spain’s Wine Came From the Phoenicians, Not the Romans

14 September 2026 at 11:20
One grape variety still grown in Spanish vineyards, hebén, has never gone out of cultivation for at least the last 1,100 years, according to the new study. That takes its lineage back to roughly the year 929, around when the Caliphate of Córdoba was proclaimed in southern Spain. Eleven centuries of unbroken agriculture, and the […]

Adobe Houses and a Wine Press from the Era of Ramesses II Found in Memphis Reveal How Ancient Egyptians Lived Away from the Pharaohs

1 September 2026 at 09:25
The joint archaeological mission between the Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt and the Shanghai Museum, which has been working for several seasons in the area of the Temple of Sekhmet in Mit Rahina, has unveiled a series of discoveries that provide new insights into human occupation and productive activities in one of the oldest […]

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