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Archaeologists discover 2,000-yr-old wine in China

Archaeologists have unearthed a 2,000-year-old wine pot in Henan province.

A Western Han dynasty ancient tomb group was accidentally found at a construction site in Puyang city, China's Henan province, on April 10.

During the excavation, archaeologists discovered an airtight copper pot covered in rust. They found the pot had a liquid weighing about half a kilogram in it, reports People Daily Online.

They are now sampling the liquid....

Read entire article at ANI