Wine in Ancient Egypt II
Alexander as an Egyptian pharaoh getting a round in (almost), Luxor Temple (public domain)As our wine-themed journey continues through Egypt’s ancient past, we look at wine production for the first millennium BC pharaohs, from Cleopatra’s multimillion pound cocktail to the way wine continued to fuel ritual life throughout the Nile Valley and out across the Delta.For the celebrations accompanying the annual Nile flood brought together multiple strands of myth over time, with the wine capable of t