Ancient Roman liquid wine discovered in Spain, could be ’world’s oldest’
スペイン南部で発掘された２０００年前のローマ時代の墓から、骨つぼに入った世界最古とみられるワインが見つかった
What is believed to be the world’s oldest wine in an urn has been found in a 2,000-year-old Roman tomb excavated in southern Spain.
the wine remained liquid
発表された報告書によれば、この骨つぼは２０１９年にスペイン・カルモナの住宅を改装した際に見つかっていた
According to a published report, the urn was discovered in 2019 when a house in Carmona, Spain was being renovated.
Scientists from the University of Cordoba analyzed the contents of the vase.
有機化学の教授で報告書の主筆者はＣＮＮの取材に対し、つぼには火葬後の遺体、葬儀のまきから出たとみられる焼けた象牙、約４．５リットルの赤みがかった液体が入っていることが判明したと述べた
The vase contained cremated remains, burnt ivory likely from a funeral wood, and about 4.5 liters of reddish liquid, an organic chemistry professor and lead author of the report told CNN. said that it was found that
主筆者は「考古学者が骨つぼを開けたとき、我々はほとんど凍り付いた
The lead author said, ``When the archaeologists opened the urn, we almost froze.’’
I was very surprised,” he said.
調査チームが液体を分析し、それがワインだということが判明した
A research team analyzed the liquid and determined it was wine.
主筆者は、ワインは通常すぐに蒸発してしまい、科学的に不安定なため、非常に驚いたと語った
The lead author said he was very surprised because wine usually evaporates quickly and is scientifically unstable.
さらなる分析の結果、赤ワインにだけ含まれる物質「シリング酸」が含まれていなかったことから白ワインだと判明した
Further analysis revealed that it was white wine as it did not contain syringic acid, a substance found only in red wine.
研究者は、今回の発見によって、液状で発見された世界最古のワインという記録が塗り替えられたと考えている
Researchers believe the discovery breaks the record for the world’s oldest wine discovered in liquid form.
Until now, a wine bottle discovered in Germany was thought to be the world’s oldest liquid wine, dating back approximately 1,700 years.
However, the age of the wine bottles found in Germany has not been confirmed by chemical analysis.
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