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To: SunkenCiv

Ancient Nabatean winepress, present day vineyard. I like their priorities for that scarce rainwater.


24 posted on 04/07/2014 5:03:24 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: colorado tanker

Wine was also used to clean up the water, and the water diluted the wine to avoid dehydration during the hot weather. :’) The Greeks did the same thing, in Homer there’s at least one scene where Odysseus is sitting at a table, mingling wine with water.


26 posted on 04/08/2014 5:01:41 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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