Ancient China: Rice Wine Discovered in Sprawling 2,000-Year-Old Tomb

Ancient China: Rice Wine Discovered in Sprawling 2,000-Year-Old Tomb

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Traditional Chinese vessels like these were most often used to store wine. Almost a gallon of pungent clear yellow fluid was discovered in an ancient bronze pot. Getty Images Share Tech & ScienceArchaeologists have dug up a 2,000-year old bronze pot that might just be hiding some ancient wine, Chinese state news agency Xinhua has reported.

The team discovered almost a gallon of clear yellow fluid in the pot from a large Western Han Dynasty (202 B.C.E. - 8 B.C.E) tomb in the country’s Henan Province.