Hosted by Brent Nagtegaal

Let the Stones Speak

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Aired: April 4, 2022 • 43 minutes

2,600-Year-Old Wine Jars, Vanilla and the Book of Jeremiah

Researchers from Tel Aviv University and the Israel Antiquities Authority have just released surprising findings from a chemical analysis of sixth-century B.C.E. wine jars recently discovered in the City of David. It turns out that Jerusalem’s elites enjoyed their wine with a touch of vanilla.