news Archaeology Mag 2026-09-16

Phoenician settlers introduced first cultivated grapevines to Iberia 3,000 years ago

DNA analysis of ancient seeds reveals that Phoenician settlers, not the Romans, first brought cultivated grapevines to the Iberian Peninsula over three millennia ago.

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