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WERNER FORMAN ARCHIVE/LOCATION: 107/HIP/ART RESOURCE, NY

WINE MAKING AND STORAGE. Egyptian art often represented food storage, with the food or drink shown alongside the storage vessel. In this painting from the Tomb of Nakht, dating to the 18th Dynasty (c. 1550–1295 B.C.E.), grapes are being trodden to extract the juice (left). The juice is draining out (bottom right) and being put into storage jars (top right).