Using water, ancient grains and sterilised containers, he cultivated the starter for a week. In order to get as close as possible to what the Egyptians would have recognised as bread, Mr Blackley ...

Bread has been intricately woven into human history for thousands of years, and ancient Greece was no exception.

Ancient Egyptian person: The grain is held in big stores to keep it preserved. We exchange it for other goods like cloth or bread. So the stores are a bit like banks, where we can keep our grain ...

Ancient Egyptian person: The grain is held in big stores to keep it preserved. We exchange it for other goods like cloth or bread. So the stores are a bit like banks, where we can keep our grain ...

Ancient Egyptians used to worship the dreaded sea ... pond within the temple complex where he received a lavish diet of bread, meat and wine delivered by the priests, and adornments of precious ...

Before commercial yeast became available, the primary method for making tall and airy loaves was to bake sourdough. The ...