3,000-Year-Old Liquor Was Found Inside A Tomb From The Shang Dynasty

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3,000-Year-Old Liquor Was Found Inside A Tomb From The Shang Dynasty

In 2010, a bronze, owl-shaped vessel was unearthed within a Chinese tomb at the Daxinzhuang Ruins in Jinan, Shandong province. The vessel contained a clear liquid dating back over 3,000 years. After 15 years of study and preservation, it was finally identified as distilled liquor in 2024. It is the earliest known example of its kind in the history of China. The discovery has pushed back liquor production in China by more than 1,000 years. The ve…