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Wine drinking in ancient Troy was not restricted to the upper classes, as has long been supposed – something our new research ...
Just about everyone in Turkey's ancient city was a wine drinker - whether or not they belonged to the upper classes or the ...
Chemical analyses revealed wine residue on both expensive goblets and common cups unearthed among the legendary city's ruins ...
Heinrich Schliemann's 19th-century excavations initially brought Troy into the limelight. Schliemann was captivated by the depas amphikypellon, a two-handle drinking cup referenced in Homer's ...
He poured the drink, going from right to left, for all the other gods, drawing off sweet nectar from the mixing bowl.” It doesn’t take long for the deities to soon begin laughing “irrepressibly” while ...
Depas goblet, excavated by Heinrich Schliemann, 15 cm high, collection of classical archaeology, University of Tübingen. Credit: Valentin Marquardt, University of Tübingen 32,785 people played ...
Based on organic residues – imperceptible to the naked eye and detectable only at a molecular level – bronze age wine consumption must be fundamentally reconsidered.
For the first time ever, a team of researchers has found chemical evidence that wine was actually drunk in Troy, verifying a conjecture of Heinrich Schliemann, who discovered the legendary fortress ...
For the first time ever, a team of researchers has found chemical evidence that wine was actually drunk in Troy, verifying a conjecture of Heinrich Schliemann, who discovered the legendary ...