In Egypt, archaeologists have made a remarkable discovery involving hundreds of ancient jars containing the remains of 5,000-year-old wine.

This significant find was uncovered by a team of researchers at a royal tomb within the Umm El Qa’āb necropolis, as disclosed in a statement by Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (MTA) on Sunday.

These wine jars, remarkably, appear to have remained sealed and unopened for millennia. Alongside these jars, well-preserved grape pips were also found, Newsweek reported.

The Umm El Qa’āb necropolis, situated in the ancient Egyptian city of Abydos, houses numerous royal tombs dating back to the Early Dynastic Period, which extended over approximately four centuries, beginning from the early 3rd millennium B.C.

This burial site has been the focus of multiple excavations conducted by the German Archaeological Institute (GAI) in Cairo since the 1970s.

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