The fermented cereal beverage of the Sumerians may not have been beer

Topic:Ancient Beer? Archaeological finds from cuneiform tablets and remnants of different vessels from over 4,000 years ago show that even around the dawn of civilisation, fermented cereal juice was highly enjoyed by Mesopotamia’s inhabitants. However, besides the two basic ingredients, barley and emmer (a species of wheat) the brew produced in the clay jars of [...]

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Archaeologists uncover oldest evidence of ploughing in Czech lands

Topic: Ancient Furrows Prague, Jan 16 (CTK) – Archaeologists in Prague-Bubenec have uncovered a site with the oldest traces of ploughing and a field in the Czech Lands, that date back to the mid-4th millennium B.C., Archaeological Institute spokeswoman Jana Marikova has told CTK. The research in two streets, completed late last year, also uncovered [...]

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Fishy find shows humans skilled anglers 42,000 years ago

Topic: Ancient fishing Gear HONG KONG (Reuters) – Fish hooks and fishbones dating back 42,000 years found in a cave in East Timor suggest that humans were capable of skilled, deep-sea fishing 30,000 years earlier than previously thought, researchers in Australia and Japan said on Friday.               The artefacts — nearly 39,000 fishbones and three [...]

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Study suggests ancient Peruvians ‘ate popcorn’

Topic Ancient popcorn     A new study suggests that people living along the coast of northern Peru were eating popcorn 1,000 years earlier than previously thought. Researchers say corncobs found at an ancient site in Peru suggest that the inhabitants used them for making flour and popcorn. Scientists from Washington’s Natural History Museum say [...]

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Kitchen Anthropology: Home Brewing an Ancient Beer

Topic: Home brewing ancient beer Fast upon Mondays high response to my post( 589 hits my highest one day total so far), my husband ( the archaeologist) found the following article on BrewingTechniques.com. I thought you might find it of interest. My only objection lies in the postscript where the author describes setting out the [...]

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Brew your own recession beer like the ancients

Topic: Making beer like they did in Ancient Egypt I forgot I even had this article. It was originally published in 2009 The picture to the left is of a model showing beer making in Ancient Egypt If  you’re trying to be thrifty in the midst of this recession, try brewing your own beer in the [...]

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Israeli archaeologists find 1,500-year-old kosher ‘bread stamp’ near Acre – Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News

Topic: Ancient Bread Stamp Israeli archaeologists find 1,500-year-old kosher ‘bread stamp’ near Acre – Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News. Original Article: haaretz.com

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Egyptian pyramids-and-protein

        Agricultural scene, tomb of Sennedjem at Luxor. By Dr. Richard Redding, Archaeozoologist, University of Michigan and Brian V. Hunt   Egyptians of the 4th Dynasty (2575-2465 BC) witnessed the construction of some of the world’s most enduring symbols: the pyramids, the temples, and the Sphinx of Giza. Tens of thousands of [...]

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Traverse Corridor: A Prehistoric Crossroads

Topic: Ancient Native American artifacts Some artifacts from the area date back 10,000 years TRAVERSE CITY — Little was known about prehistoric northwestern lower Michigan in 1966, when anthropologist Charles Cleland and his college archaeology students started 40 summers of digging around. Cleland, then a Michigan State University professor looking for field-study opportunities for his [...]

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2011 in review

Thanks to everyone who followed my blog in 2011, I thought you might like to see my annual report. Please check back often as I report what’s out there on ancient foods and write more on the subject myself ( one of my goals for this year is more writing ), there is so much [...]

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