In the first book of the Iliad, the god Hephaestus passes a “double goblet” around at a banquet on Mount Olympus. “He poured ...

What do we really know about Priam’s Treasure from Hisarlik, the ancient site of Troy? Where is it now, and was it really ...

He poured the drink, going from right to left, for all the other gods, drawing off sweet nectar from the mixing bowl.” It ...

Based on organic residues – imperceptible to the naked eye and detectable only at a molecular level – bronze age wine ...

Back in 1871, German archeologist Heinrich Schliemann discovered the legendary fortress city of Troy in western Turkey, near the Aegean coast. During excavations, Schliemann found several ...

A team of researchers from the universities of Tübingen, Bonn, and Jena has conclusively demonstrated that wine was consumed ...

Researchers have found chemical evidence of wine consumption in ancient Troy, confirming a theory by Heinrich Schliemann.

In Troy, wine was far from being reserved solely for the rich and powerful, indicating that it was an element present in the ...

For the first time, scientists have found definitive proof that wine was drunk at the ancient city of Troy, according to a ...

Heinrich Schliemann made a brief visit to the western Tokyo suburb of Hachioji during his monthlong stay in Japan in 1865 before he turned to archaeology and discovered the ancient city of Troy ...

Depas goblet, excavated by Heinrich Schliemann, 15 cm high, collection of classical archaeology, University of Tübingen. Credit: Valentin Marquardt, University of Tübingen 32,785 people played ...