Tut drank red

Here’s a great vintage: Wine of the House-of-Tutankhamun Ruler-of-the-Southern-On, l.p.h.[in] the Western River, Year 5.

No, we didn’t drink it–but King Tut did. And now, for the first time, scientists have been able to determine that it was red wine.

Despite red wine’s health benefits, however, we probably can’t make the claim that King Tut is so well-preserved because of drinking it.

(Also posted to The Willetts on Wine, of course.)

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