World's Oldest Wine Discovered in 2,000-Year-Old Roman Tomb in Spain
In a remarkable archaeological find, scientists in Spain have uncovered what is now recognized as the world's oldest known liquid wine, preserved for nearly 2,000 years inside a Roman-era funerary urn. This extraordinary discovery occurred during a house construction project in Carmona, a town nestled in the province of Seville, in 2019. The wine, described by researchers as a "reddish liquid," was found mixed with cremated ashes inside the sunken tomb, which had remained undisturbed within rock for millennia. This preservation allowed the wine to maintain its liquid state, an exceptionally rare occurrence in the study of ancient artifacts, as typically such organic materials decay over time. José Rafael Ruiz Arrebola, an organic chemist from the University of Córdoba and a senior author of the study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports on June 16, 2024, remarked on the unexpected nature of the find. He explained to The Guardian that while the us...
