Archaeologists discover 5,000-year-old wine at the tomb of Meret-Neith in Abydos

Phys dot org ^ | October 9, 2023 | University of Vienna

[jeffc]

Haha! Great scene!

=:-)

[Chode]

The original box wine...

[Bounced2X]

Haha! Great scene!

[sevlex]

From the article:

” Meret-Neith may have been the first female pharaoh”.

[faucetman]

The problem is that you have to let it “breathe” for a very long time.

[nwrep]

Her tomb includes the tombs of 41 courtiers and servants who coincidentally died at the same time yet this somehow disproves human sacrifice? Yes it does, because of this:

Thanks to careful excavation methods and various new archaeological technologies, the team was able to show that the tombs were built in several construction phases and over a relatively long period of time.

This looks like a very thorough excavation.

[Larry Lucido]

first pharaoh of ancient Egypt and predecessor of the later Queen Hatshepsut.

I thought these guys found Queen Hotsy Totsy years ago.

[Venkman]

Yes, I can read, but that still doesn’t address the human sacrifice issue. They could have started construction at her birth, stopped and started at various times during her life. Then on her death they could have killed all her slaves and courtiers and entombed them. The author didn’t disprove that possibility. They didn’t define what a “relatively long” construction time was. I don’t care if they did or did not perform ritual executions. I’m complaining about the lack of logic in their interpretation. Are they eager to dispel the idea of human sacrifice? If so, why?

[nwrep]

Not sure why they want to dispel that. This particular Pharaoh was from the first dynasty, when there was some human sacrifices in the form of retainer sacrifices. Archaeological evidence points to this being abandoned in subsequent dynasties. So we know it was there initially, and then for some reason it died down. This is also recorded by the ancient Greeks.

[SunkenCiv]

They were told not to wrap them in linen strips and bury them. What a buncha maroons.

[SunkenCiv]

From the article:

“This fuels speculation that Meret-Neith was the first pharaoh of ancient Egypt”

[minnesota_bound]

It looks like Meret-Neith was a heavy drinker....

Abydos? Isn’t that where the stargate was found?

[Adder]

What’s the word?
Thunderbird!

[jjotto]

“What’s the gist, physicist?”

[SunkenCiv]

And the Dude, hence, the Dude Abydos.

[Adder]

I fell in love down in Mexico
Thunderbird wine’s the only way to go
I been in love ten thousand times
All you got to do is remember my line

And they buried it with her...

[SunkenCiv]

Yes, that's exactly what they did, so it's obviously very likely.

[tet68]

Meret-Neith...We will sell no wine before it’s time...

[SunkenCiv]

Ancient Egypt of the time operated on a meret-neith-based system.