A remarkable discovery has been made in the world of archaeology: the world’s oldest bottle of wine has been found in an ancient Roman burial site in southern Spain. The wine, which was sealed in a glass funeral urn inside an ancient mausoleum, had been untouched for nearly 2,000 years.
The tomb was discovered by a family in 2019 while doing renovation work on their property. A team of researchers, led by the City of Carmona’s municipal archaeologist Juan Manuel Román and the Department of Organic Chemistry at the University of Cordoba, confirmed that the liquid found in the urn had a “reddish hue,” leading them to believe it was wine.
This conclusion was confirmed through a series of tests conducted by the team. The wine had been remarkably well-preserved due to the tomb’s sealed condition for over two millennia. The study was published in the Journal of Archaeological Science earlier this week.
This discovery surpasses the previous record set by the Speyer wine bottle from the fourth century AD, which is currently preserved in the Historical Museum of Pfalz in Germany. To continue reading Lifestyle articles, visit www.foxnews.com/lifestyle or sign up for free to access more exclusive content on Fox News.