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The most popular wine was known as "nebit shamsi" (Egyptian Arabic: نبيذ شمسي), made from imported raisins and honey and left to ferment in the sun (hence the name, which roughly translates into "sun wine").
Shezmu (alternatively Schesmu and Shesmu) is an ancient Egyptian deity with a contradictory character. He was worshiped from the early Old Kingdom period. [2] He was considered a god of ointments, perfume, and wine. In this role, he was associated with festivities, dancing, and singing.
Amphictyonis, Greek goddess of wine and friendship. Ash, Egyptian God of Wine and Oases. Bacchus, Roman god of wine, usually identified with the Greek Dionysus. Ba-Maguje, Hausa spirit of drunkenness. Bes, Egyptian god, protector of the home, and patron of beer brewers. Biersal/Bierasal/Bieresal, Germanic kobold of the beer cellar.
The name Shedeh appeared inscribed on the labels of Egyptian two-handled pottery amphorae at the site of el-Amarna and belonging to the reign of Akhenaten, late XVIII Dynasty. Its name showed it was a beverage different from the traditional (grape)wine, whose Egyptian name was irep. An example of the importance of Shedeh in ancient Egyptian ...
The discovery supports the hypothesis that Queen Meret-Neith was ancient Egypt’s first female pharaoh. 5,000-year-old wine hidden in hundreds of jars at Egyptian queen’s tomb. Take a look
The typical form of libation, spondȇ, is the ritualized pouring of wine from a jug or bowl held in the hand. The most common ritual was to pour the liquid from an oinochoē (wine jug) into a phiale, a shallow bowl designed for the purpose. After wine was poured from the phiale, the remainder of the oinochoē's contents was drunk by the ...
In Ancient Egyptian religion, beer and wine were drunk and offered to the gods in rituals and festivals. Beer and wine were also stored with the mummified dead in Egyptian burials. [89] Other ancient religious practices like Chinese ancestor worship, Sumerian and Babylonian religion used alcohol as offerings to gods and to the deceased.
Offerings to Renenutet were depicted in Egyptian wine making scenes, [8] and shrines to her were set up in vineyards. [9] Images of her were found in kitchens, near ovens, in granaries, and in cellars. These images often invoked her to protect food stores against insects, mice, and snakes, not just as a provider of food. [3]