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In 2008 two wine presses dating back to Roman rule in Egypt were unearthed near Saint Catherine's Monastery in Sinai, along with ancient coins from Antioch, which could indicate that Egyptian wine was exported to Christians in the region. [15] The production of wine declined significantly after the Muslim conquest of Egypt in the 7th century ...
Grape cultivation, winemaking [citation needed], and commerce in ancient Egypt c. 1500 BC. Wine played an important role in ancient Egyptian ceremonial life. A thriving royal winemaking industry was established in the Nile Delta following the introduction of grape cultivation from the Levant to Egypt c. 3000 BC.
The name Shedeh appeared inscribed on the labels of Egyptian two-handled pottery amphorae at the site of el-Amarna and belonging to the reign of Akhenaten, late XVIII Dynasty. Its name showed it was a beverage different from the traditional (grape)wine, whose Egyptian name was irep. An example of the importance of Shedeh in ancient Egyptian ...
The discovery supports the hypothesis that Queen Meret-Neith was ancient Egypt’s first female pharaoh. 5,000-year-old wine hidden in hundreds of jars at Egyptian queen’s tomb. Take a look
Ancient Egyptian pressing basin, in which grapes were probably trodden by human feet in the Marea region around present-day Lake Mariout. The exact origins of winemaking (and, thus, of pressing grapes) are not known, but most archaeologists believe that it originated somewhere in the Transcaucasia between the Black and Caspian Seas in the land that now includes the modern countries of Russia ...
[8] [9] This is approximately the time when barley beer and grape wine were beginning to be made in the Middle East. Evidence of alcoholic beverages has also been found dating from 5400 to 5000 BC in Hajji Firuz Tepe in Iran, [10] 3150 BC in ancient Egypt, [11] 3000 BC in Babylon, [12] 2000 BC in pre-Hispanic Mexico [12] and 1500 BC in Sudan. [13]
The Egyptian Jewish communities of the medieval period used wine sacramentally in feasts, prayers, and at holy events, and also prescribed its use in Talmudic medicine. As the wine had to be prepared according to Jewish doctrine, only Jews could undertake its preparation, so a “ramified wine-trade was a necessity of life.” [5] According to the documents of the Cairo Geniza, which mainly ...
The Description de l'Égypte (French pronunciation: [dɛskʁipsjɔ̃ də leʒipt], "Description of Egypt") was a series of publications, appearing first in 1809 and continuing until the final volume appeared in 1829, which aimed to comprehensively catalog all known aspects of ancient and modern Egypt as well as its natural history.