The earliest records from Egypt are predynastic and early dynastic. These earliest grapes originate partly from sites located in the Nile Delta , whereas others are recorded from Abydos and Naqada, located in the upper Nile Valley. This implies that either wild grapes once grew in the Nile Delta or that cultivated grapes entered Egypt …
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