2,300-year-old beer, well preserved inside an ancient bronze bottle containing nearly a gallon of liquid with more than 2,400 chemical compounds, was discovered by archaeologists |
Archaeologists in China have uncovered an extraordinary alcoholic drink that remained remarkably well preserved for more than 2,000 years inside an ancient bronze bottle. The vessel, recovered from a Qin-period tomb at the Shanjiabao cemetery in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, contained about 3.74 litres of pale blue-green liquid, equivalent to nearly a gallon. Scientific…
