"The Origins and Ancient History of Wine"

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quote from Omar Khayyam, Rubaiyat 38


From Omar Khayyam,
Rubaiyat 38.


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
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Credits
Glossary
Links

Wine Links - domesticated


Time Magazine
- read the November 2003 article focusing on Patrick McGovern's ongoing wine research

Abydos
- more about this site in southern Egypt where wine was found

Expedition Magazine - the Museum's magazine that explores our human past and present, featuring “The Beginnings of Winemaking and Viniculture in the Ancient Near East and Egypt,” volume 39, no. 1.

The Funerary Feast of King Midas

our wine jar in the Guinness World Records

Museum Applied Science Center for Archaeology - what's going on in our labs

Patrick McGovern's Homepage - more about this scientist and his research, including many instrumentation sites

wine jars were found at the site of Saqqara

Shop @ University Museum - order "The Origins and Ancient History of Wine" online

The Greek Vitis Database- "A multimedia web-backed genetic database for germplasm managment of Vitis resources in Greece" (A gigantic wine information database)


Wine in the Museum's Headlines - the original breaking story

Wine Links - wild

Australian Wine Site

Avignonesi Wine

California Wine

CyberBacchus

Decanter

Epicurious

Geocities Winemaking

Interactive Gourmet

Luca Casprini il chianti classico (in Italian)

Mitchell Beazley's World of Wine

Of Ages Past: The Online Magazine for Historical Fiction

Professional Friends of Wine

Robert Mondavi Winery

Robin Garr's Wine Lover's Page

South African Wine News

Smart Wine

Tom Cannavan's Wine Pages

University of California at Davis Viticulture Department

Vino Espanol

Virtual Vineyards

Wine and Culture in Tuscany

Wine Brats

Wine Cave Storage Facility

The Wine Cellar

The Wine Encounter

Wine Institute

Wine Spectator

Worden's Wine Links


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