Thursday, May 19, 2005

Updated: Ancient Beer, Wine Jars Found in Egypt

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1894&e=9&u=/ap/20050519/ap_on_sc/egypt_ancient_treasures
"Archaeologists digging in a 5,000-year-old site in southern Egypt have unearthed 200 rough ceramic beer and wine jars and a second mud-brick mortuary enclosure of King Hur-Aha the founder of the First Dynasty, Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities said Wednesday. A joint American excavation mission from Yale University, Institute of Fine Arts, the Pennsylvania University Museum and New York Universities found the treasure Wednesday at Shunet El-Zebib, north of Abydos in the Upper Egyptian city of Sohag". This is the entire Yahoo news item.

Update: For more details see longer articles at:
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4576839

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