Origins of Shedeh

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The Journal of Archaeological Science 33( issue 1) January 2006 features one article on ancient Egypt entitled The origin of the ancient Egyptian drink Shedeh revealed using LC/MS/MS (pages 98-101) by Maria Rosa Guasch-Jané, Cristina Andrés-Lacueva, Olga Jáuregui and Rosa M. Lamuela-Raventós. The summary on the above site concludes that: By applying the previously developed LC/MS/MS wine markers method to a sample of a residue from the Tutankhamun's amphora inscribed Shedeh, tartaric acid and syringic acid derived from malvidin-3-glucoside, markers for Vitis vinifera and the red cultivars, respectively, were identified. Our results definitively reveal that the ancient Egyptian highly valued Shedeh drink was a grape product, specifically made from red grapes."

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