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Archaeologists from Germany, Austria and Egypt have discovered complete and intact wine jars containing the remains of 5,000-year-old wine during excavations in the country. The jars were discovered at the Um Al-Qaab archaeological site in Abydos in Sohag Governorate. Mostafa Waziri, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said the team found various burial objects, including hundreds of large wine jars. They had intact closures and contained "well-preserved" remains of the wine. They will now be examined.
The team of researchers from Egypt, Germany and Austria uncovered the tomb of Meret-Neith, a probably important woman of the first dynasty of ancient Egypt. Dietrich Raue, the director of the German Archaeological Institute, explained that Meret-Neith was the only woman in the first Egyptian royal cemetery in Abydos who had been given her own monumental tomb. New information suggests to him that she may have been the first female queen in ancient Egypt.
(uka: Source: Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities)