The fruits of the Nile

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For the wine connisseurs and Egyptologists on my friends list, Spanish researchers have apparently solved a great mystery of what King Tut stocked in the royal wine cellar. Red or white? They analyzed the residues at the bottom of jars and discovered the telltale compounds that give red grapes their color.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13792-2004Mar21.html
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/03/040316073517.htm