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244 points benbreen | 2 comments | 15 Jan 25 21:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.418s | source

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NL807 ◴[16 Jan 25 23:27 UTC] No.42732260[source]▶

How on earth did the wine not evaporate out of the vessel over such a long period of time?

1. chrisco255 ◴[16 Jan 25 23:56 UTC] No.42732497[source]▶

The vessel was made of glass and airtight. It was also in a lead case in a sealed tomb underground.

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2. NL807 ◴[18 Jan 25 07:09 UTC] No.42746503[source]▶

But what made it airtight? Even a small leak could eventually cause the liquid to degas over the period of 2000 years?

2k-year-old wine and the uncanny immediacy of the past