(WJW) – Scientists in Spain have discovered the world’s oldest wine, a 2,000-year-old white wine that contains a man’s ashes. According to researchers at the University of Córdoba who published their discovery on Tuesday in the Journal of Archaeological Science, the wine was found inside a funeral urn in an ancient tomb in Carmona, a […]
This archeological finding redefines “full-bodied” wine. The oldest vintage is people? The oldest wine ever discovered in liquid form harbored an unlikely ingredient — cremated human remains, according to a study published recently in the Journal of Archaeological Science. “This was the first time something like this had been discovered,” José Rafael Ruiz Arrebola, an […]
London — A routine oil and gas survey by an energy firm has uncovered cargo from the remains of what is believed by archaeologists to be the oldest and deepest shipwreck ever discovered in the Mediterranean Sea. Israeli archaeologists said they had retrieved intact storage jars believed to be 3,300 years old from the wreck. The […]
Scientists discovered a 2000-year-old white wine inside an urn that also contained a man’s ashes in a Roman tomb in Spain Juan Manuel Roman/ Journal of Archaeological Science Worlds Oldest Wine discovered in an urn Researchers have discovered the world’s oldest wine in a Roman burial site in Spain. The drink contains a surprising ingredient […]
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. A 2,000-year-old Roman funerary urn unearthed in southern Spain has been shown to contain the oldest wine ever found still in liquid form. Discovered during home renovations at a property in Carmona in 2019, the contents […]
The last original industrial anchor and oldest ongoing business in Oklahoma City’s Bricktown, Federal Corporation, is set to move to a new location just west of downtown. Founded in 1918, the Federal Corporation at 120 E Main, specializing in boilers, piping and fittings, was led by three successive generations of the Loeffler family until it […]
ST. LOUIS — Orville Allen lived a lifetime of service, and when he died at age 98 he had one last thing to give: his liver. Allen, a veteran of both World War II and the Korean War and a longtime educator in rural southeastern Missouri, is the oldest American to ever donate an organ, […]
A 98-year-old man may be the oldest American to ever donate an organ, according to transplant organisations. Orville Allen lived a lifetime of service, and when he died he had one last thing to give: his liver. Mr Allen was a veteran of the Second World War and the Korean War and a longtime educator […]
A newly-deciphered manuscript dating back more than 1,600 years has been identified as the earliest known account of Jesus Christ’s childhood. The manuscript, written on papyrus in either the 4th or 5th century, had been stored at a library in Hamburg, Germany, for decades and was long believed to be an insignificant document. However, two […]
The Enquirer’s Just Askin’ series aims to answer the questions that no one seems to have an answer for, not even Google. While Spring Grove is likely the most well-known cemetery in the city, it’s not the oldest. That title goes to a 2.2-acre spot in the city’s Linwood neighborhood. The Memorial Pioneer Cemetery on Wilmer Avenue […]
Born in the city and first living in a home on Porter and Trumbull, Ray Moncivais lived in different spots in Corktown, got married and later settled into a home down the road from Michigan Central Station, the neighborhood’s latest dazzling development that has shaped Corktown and Moncivais’ life. The 66-year-old son of Mexican immigrants […]
Ever since he retired, Alfred Blaschke admits he’s been feeling jumpy. After more than 40 years doing work he loved, he was determined to make the next phase of his life as fulfilling. The 107-year-old recently broke the record (again) for being the oldest person to skydive, he bowls and he sings. His life has […]