Take the wine challenge! try our interactive quiz Detail of wine jugs from an Egyptian wall painting.		C o n t e n t s : Intro - living out our past through wine Neolithic Period - "chateau hajji firuz" Egypt - wine for the afterlife Mesopotamia - under the grape arbors... One of a kind laboratory - ancient evidence; modern technology Map - wine's whereabouts: then and now The grapevine & tree resins - nature's ingredients ............................................................. Credits Glossary Links

Map of the ancient Near East and Egypt, showing the distribution of the modern wild grapevine in purple shading. Grape remains (primarily pips) recovered from Neolithic and Late Uruk sites are indicated by the grape cluster symbol. The occurrence of wine jars, which have been chemically identified as such, are indicated by the jar symbol.

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